“I started writing one afternoon when I was twenty, and ever since then I have written every day. At first I had to force myself. Then it became part of my identity, and I did it without thinking.”
"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
"You haven’t lived until you’ve sailed"
- David Sedaris
Personal Growth
"You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction."
- George Lorimer
Determination
"The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity."
- Amelia Earhart
Determination
"When I believe in something, I’m like a dog with a bone."
- Melissa McCarthy
Determination
"Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right."
- Walt Disney
Determination
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
- Theodore Roosevelt
Determination