Latest Quotes

“People want to put women in one box, and I'm interested in how women can be everything at once.”

— Elizabeth Meriwether, Unknown

“Instead of asking “how’d you get that,” say, “Wow. You must’ve worked so hard to get that.”

— Sara Benincasa, Hey, How’d You Get That?

“The world does not care if you write or not, so to be successful you have to be so good that your work is better than all the other available distractions.”

— Elizabeth Wurtzel, Elizabeth Wurtzel: "Nothing's Off The Record"

“The best filter isn’t BuzzFeed, or The Atlantic, or whatever. The best filter is money. That is how you say “I love you.” This is America. This is a capitalist country. We say “I’m sorry” with money. We say “I love you” with money.”

— Elizabeth Wurtzel, Elizabeth Wurtzel: "Nothing's Off The Record"

“Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation. You cannot control what happens to you in life, but you can always control what you will feel and do about what happens to you.”

— Paulo Coelho, Searching For Meaning

“When love beckons to you follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him, Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden. Fo…”

— Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

“Nothing is like what it is: the sun, the moon, the meadow on the other side of the mountain, the conversation we’re having, my body beneath these clothes.”

— Dean Rader, "Untitled Self-Portrait" in Self-Portrait as Wikipedia Entry

“Let’s skip the pleasantries and obligated polite remarks. I want to know you... Tell me. I am not afraid of your ghosts.”

— Myrtle Yvonne, The First Step In Taming A Fox

“An educator never says what he himself thinks, but always only what he thinks of a thing in relation to the requirements of those he educates.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche, The Will To Power

“On this road lies the future of the highest men: to bear the greatest responsibility and not collapse under it.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche, The Will To Power

“Without music life would be a mistake.”

— Fredriech Nietzche, Twilight of Idols and Anti-Christ

“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”

— Albert Camus, Lyrical and Critical Essays

“It is not our memories but the person we have become because of those past experiences that we should treasure. This is the lesson these keepsakes teach us when we sort them. The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now, not for the person we were in the past.”

— Marie Kondo, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

“Clutter has only two possible causes: too much effort is required to put things away or it is unclear where things belong.”

— Marie Kondo, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

“One reason so many of us never succeed at tidying is because we have too much stuff. This excess is caused by our ignorance of how much we actually own. When we disperse storage of a particular item throughout the house and tidy one place at a time, we can never grasp the overall volume and therefor…”

— Marie Kondo, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

“When your room is clean and uncluttered, you have no choice but to examine your inner state.”

— Marie Kondo, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

“One of my greatest lessons has been to fully understand that what looks like a dark patch in the quest for success is the universe pointing you in a new direction.”

— Oprah Winfrey, What I Know For Sure

“There is one irrefutable law of the universe: We are each responsible for our own life.”

— Oprah Winfrey, What I Know For Sure

“Your journey begins with a choice to get up, step out, and live fully.”

— Oprah Winfrey, What I Know For Sure

“What I know for sure is that every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and step out and dance — to live free of regret and filled with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand. You can either waltz boldly onto the stage of life and live the way you know your…”

— Oprah Winfrey, What I Know For Sure