“Everything that is meant for you will feel like a deep exhale, as though you are returning home to a place you forgot existed.”
“The little things—the long baths, the page-turning novels, the quiet Saturday mornings, the stars, the ocean, the city lights—they were the big things all along.”Tagged: little things
“Within you lives a great vision for your life, quieted over time by the world. It is once again time to listen. It is once again time to live.”Tagged: Shop Catalog, Renewal
“It is hard to be in the wrong relationship, and it is hard to be in the right one. It is hard to stay at a job you hate, and it is hard to pursue your dreams. It is hard to be at war with yourself, and it is hard to heal. It is hard to resist your impulses, and it is hard to be controlled by them.…”
“101 Quotes That Will Change The Way You Think is a collection of Brianna Wiest’s most beloved quotes from her best-selling works, including 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think, The Mountain Is You, Ceremony, Salt Water, The Truth About Everything, When You’re Ready, This Is How You Heal,…”Tagged: When You’re Ready, This Is How You Heal, The Pivot Year, 101 Quotes, Brianna Wiest
“Half the work of getting over anything is shining a light in the closet and realizing there aren't any monsters inside.”Tagged: monsters, Fear, Why things scare us, Quote of the Moment
“I thought becoming myself was improving each part piece by piece. But it was finding a hidden wholeness seeing the fractures as the design.”Tagged: Big Picture, Learning, Life, How To See The World, Quote of the Moment
“The value is in the room. Each moment is pure potential. You either let your mind keep re-creating what it's known, or you start playing with the light.”
“You choose what you think about. You are in control of your behaviors, of how you respond to emotions. Believing you are not in control is also a choice.”
“I don’t think writer’s block is what people think it is. When I feel ‘stuck’ or apathetic about what I’m working on, it almost always means I shouldn’t be doing it. The problem is either that I don’t have a clear idea of what I want to say, or I’m trying to write it in a way that is too far removed…”Tagged: How to be a writer, Writing