Anxious People

by Fredrik Backman

I don’t know why ordinary anxieties aren’t enough. Does anyone really need something new to worry about?”

Nothing is easier for people who never do anything themselves than to criticize someone who actually makes an effort.

loneliness is like starvation, you don’t realize how hungry you are until you begin to eat.

She’s worried she won’t be able to mend the baseboards herself, so you’ll just have to tell her that no one can fix the damn baseboards until they’ve done it once.