"Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you're offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone's feelings."
- David Sedaris
Love
"I guess in my diary I’m not afraid to be boring. It’s not my job to entertain anyone in my diary."
- David Sedaris
Self-awareness
"A good book should take you out of yourself and then stuff you back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit."
- David Sedaris
Personal Growth
"A good book should take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit."
- David Sedaris
Personal Growth
"A good [short story] would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit."
- David Sedaris
Personal Growth
"We are all capable of change, both in our actions and our hearts."
- Beauty and the Beast
Personal Growth
"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."
- Paulo Coelho
Personal Growth
"If the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person."
- Clayton M. Christensen
Personal Growth
"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself."
- Arianna Huffington
Personal Growth
"The two most important days in your life are the day you’re born and the day you find out why."
- Mark Twain
Personal Growth