Kim Quindlen

We put 100% of ourselves into everything we do. That includes relationships. If we’re in a relationship with you, we’re going to make damn sure that we give it our all.

Go to bed early. This is one of the most important things you can do for yourself. When you’re exhausted, everything seems much worse than it is. Tomorrow might still be a difficult day, but it will be a hell of a lot better than today if you get a good night’s sleep.

When you lose your health for a while, you start to see pretty clearly what matters and what is stupid. Clothes are stupid. Social status is stupid. Money is stupid. The Real Housewives is stupid.

If you want a career and a big family, people give you looks as if you’re crazy.

I only want to do this once.

I sort of understand why the Mall Santas keep a flask in their pants.

Your honest opinion.

You constantly feel vulnerable, and not in a good way.

The remote. Because after a long and miserable day, it’s the only thing you want to come home to.

You have to believe that you deserve to be happy. You have to believe that it is your right to experience joy, instead of worrying that the universe is playing a cruel trick on you.

We’re not sure that the “success” we’re chasing after is actually our true version of success, and not just what we’ve been conditioned to think is success.

Sometimes we love people romantically and they do love us back, and it’s even more terrifying than if they didn’t.