“You're still very much yourself and nobody else. And you're forging ahead as yourself. So relax.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“In everybody's life, there's a point of no return. And in very few cases, a point where you can't go forward anymore. And when we reach that point, all we can do is quietly accept the fact. That's how we survive.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Self doubt is fear. Fear breeds failure . . . throw that self doubt in the garbage.”— Serena Williams, twitter.com
“If you feel like giving up . . . GIVE UP . . . trying to do it yourself!! Reach out to someone. We aren't meant to do life alone.”— Ryan Pernofski, twitter.com
“Practical tip: the same time & energy you’re using to see how your past projects “performed,” could be used to create something new and better. Make. Let go. Repeat.”— Ryan Pernofski, twitter.com
“From now on—no matter what—you've got to be the world's toughest fifteen-year-old. That's the only way you're going to survive. And in order to do that, you've got to figure out what it means to be tough. You following me?”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“I'll tell you one thing, though. You're going to get a lot tougher if you want to make it.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Be content with where you're at. You will inevitably stumble a bit, but that's all part of the learning process.”— Rachel Chapman, elitedaily.com
“Having fun alone this summer means getting to know yourself and the world around you.”— Lee Phillips, rookiemag.com
“Don’t forget how long five years is! Don’t be afraid to dream bigger and set goals that feel borderline impossible to you today. You have time to get there.”— Elsie Larson, abeautifulmess.com
“I set up a therapy consultation. The best-feeling thing I’ve done all week.”— Haley Nahman, manrepeller.com
“Breathe deep. That hitch in your breath is a record scratch. That throbbing in your temple is the bass, and you control the volume knob. The scars in your mind and your heart are grooves that run deep. YOUR music. YOUR heart. YOUR life. You got the aux cord. Bump it.”— Lin-Manuel Miranda, twitter.com
“Be brave and be kind because you will always get stronger by the path you leave behind.”— Nakkiah Lui, twitter.com
“I like things to be strange and beautiful and, if and when possible, not done before. I’d rather fail gloriously and foolishly than turn in efficient and adequate work again and again. That’s just the way I am.”— Anthony Bourdain, gq.com
“If you try to leave your old self behind, she will find you and haunt you.”— Heather Havrilesky, thecut.com
“I think you got to just try not to let things get difficult, maybe is a good thing—just have a good sense of yourself and what you really want, and you won’t be forced to make those hard choices.”— Kat Dennings, avclub.com
“Make friends outside your bubble. The more you do, the more you will grow.”— Elsie Larson, abeautifulmess.com
“I know Bill Clinton said the price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change, but I don’t think Bill Clinton ever lost sleep figuring out how to qualify for a mortgage as a single woman in a town where a car parking space can go for a hundred grand.”— Laura Jane Williams, redonline.co.uk
“You are not simple. Your life is not simple. Your life is totally different and also exactly the same as everyone else’s.”— Stephanie Georgopulos, omgstephlol.tumblr.com