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