In the various phases of my life – […] – I became friends with some extraordinary people. In each of those phases, I became particularly close to a small circle of individuals, and I simply assumed that I would remain close with them forever. Because we were hanging out then, my thinking went, we’d hang out forever. But friendships, I’ve learned, aren’t like that. Things change; people change. Friends mature and move and get married and have children […]. Over time, if you’re lucky, a few – or maybe just a couple – remain from each of the various phases of your life. I’ve been fortunate; I have friends who date back to high school, and yet, I sometimes find myself wondering why some people remain in your life while others drift away. I don’t have the answer to that, other than to observe that friendship has to flow both ways. Both of you have to be willing to invest in the friendship in order to maintain it.
– from The Return book by Nicholas Sparks
If you loved someone, you loved …
If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.
– from 1984 book by George Orwell
In my opinion, business and investing …
In my opinion, business and investing are not risky, but being under-educated is. Similarly, being misinformed is risky, and relying on a safe, secure job is the highest risk anyone can take. Buying an asset is not risky. Buying liabilities you have been told are assets is risky. Minding your own business is not risky. Minding everyone else’s business and paying them first is risky.
– from Rich Dad’s CASHFLOW Quadrant book by Robert Kiyosaki
That’s the thing about women. There’s …
That’s the thing about women. There’s no good way to be one. Wear your emotions on your sleeve and you’re hysterical. Keep them tucked away where your boyfriend doesn’t have to tend to them and you’re a heartless bitch.
– from Book Lovers book by Emily Henry
Damn. The pro of being with …
Damn. The pro of being with someone for more than half your life is that they know you better than you know yourself. The con of being with someone for more than half your life is that they know you better than you know yourself.
– from Black Buck book by Mateo Askaripour
Humans were always far better at …
Humans were always far better at inventing tools than using them wisely.
– from 21 Lessons for the 21st Century book by Yuval Noah Harari
Human beings have a tragic habit …
Human beings have a tragic habit of remembering the things that would be smart to forget and forgetting the wonderful things it would be wise to remember.
– from The 5 AM Club book by Robin Sharma
Hope sustains life. Hope is the …
Hope sustains life. Hope is the elixir of survival during our darkest times. The ability to envision and imagine a brighter day gives meaning to our suffering and renders it bearable. When we lose hope, we lose our central source of strength and resilience.
– from Will book by Will Smith
Deep down I suspect that many …
Deep down I suspect that many gardeners regard themselves as minor-league alchemists, transforming the dross of compost (and water and sunlight) into substances of rare value and beauty and power.
– from This Is Your Mind on Plants book by Michael Pollan
Poverty was a soul-crushing thing. A …
Poverty was a soul-crushing thing. A cave that tightened around you, its pinprick of light closing a little more at the end of each desperate, unchanged day.
– from The Four Winds book by Kristin Hannah