“When you can take possession of your own timeline and take up space with your authentic self, everything changes.”— Heather Havrilesky, thecut.com
“The problem is every time I try to get close to somebody it's like there's something out there that just says oh Tibby's about to be happy, better get her.”— Elizabeth Chandler, Tibby Rollins, Amber Tamblyn, imdb.com
“I knew there was a message inside of me that I had to share, a message that was dying to be born. But I kept getting in my own way.”— Amber Rae, amazon.com
“I don't know why I am always gettin' my britches caught on my own pitchfork.”— Arthur Stander, Sheriff Andy Taylor, Andy Griffith, imdb.com
“It’s almost like I subconsciously don’t want to work anymore, so I’m trying to ruin my career. [I lied and told someone] I’m pregnant!...I did this to The New York Times. My publicist called me and was like, This is The New York Times. Be serious. And then I found myself talking about orgies in thre…”— Jennifer Lawrence, news.com.au
“We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.”— Willie Nelson, willienelson.com
“Maybe you're the one holding yourself back, afraid to embrace your true power.”— Annie Weisman, Gab, Deirdre O'Connell, imdb.com
“All hatred is self-hatred. This is why we become so goddamned heartbroken. We cannot lose people; we can only lose ourselves in an idea of them. We decided how we felt about ourselves through them - for better or for worse - so when we perceive that their mindset changes from loving us to loving som…”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“What owns you in this life? Is it your desire for happiness? The past? The relationship that almost-was-but-ultimately-didn't Your body hang-up? Your fear? Your loneliness? Your lack of self-worth? Everybody has one thing that ultimately owns them, drives them, controls them at some visceral level.…”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“We are literally incapable of predicting an outcome that is out of the realm of what we've known previously. Rather than trying to seek 'better,' we seek 'the best of what we've known,' even if 'the best' is really just the solution to a problem we didn't need to create again.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“In fearing that happiness won't last forever, we lose it. In fearing that grief will last forever, we create it.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“Happiness is arriving at the end goal. Deciding to be that way every day can make it seem as though the race is already over, so we subconsciously associate 'happiness' and 'acceptance' with 'giving up.'”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“Everybody has a limited tolerance for feeling good. When things go beyond that limit, we sabotage ourselves so that we can return to our comfort zones.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“As soon as our circumstances extend beyond the amount of happiness we're accustomed to and comfortable feeling, we unconsciously begin to self-sabotage. We are programmed to seek what we've known. So, even though we think we're after happiness, we're actually trying to find whatever we're most accus…”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com