Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.

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"Writing is my way of expressing – and thereby eliminating – all the various ways we can be wrong-headed."

- Zadie Smith

Self-awareness

"The secret to editing your work is simple: You need to become its reader instead of its writer."

- Zadie Smith

Creativity

"Desperation, weakness, vulnerability - these things will always be exploited. You need to protect the weak, ring-fence them, with something far stronger than empathy."

- Zadie Smith

Empathy

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"Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today."

- Will Rogers

Reflection

"Life is like a sewer … what you get out of it depends on what you put into it."

- Tom Lehrer

Reflection

"I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done."

- Lucille Ball

Reflection

"Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know."

- Pema Chodron

Reflection

"Happy Tuesday! It is a good day to reflect on the week so far and spread happiness."

Reflection