Reed Jones

“Baby, its true. Pessimists are right more often, but optimists win more often. In this life, you have to decide what’s more important to you. As for me, I’ll take winning.”
― Ben Jealous, Never Forget Our People Were Always Free: A Parable of American Healing

“You know who bases their entire lives on their emotions? Three-year-old kids. And dogs. You know what else three-year-olds and dogs do? Shit on the carpet.”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

“What good is a half-lit life? You can burn me to ashes as long as I know we lived a life alight.”
― Tyler Knott Gregson, Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series

“The point is that you learn how to make your work by making your work, and a great many of the pieces you make along the way will never stand out as finished art. The best you can do is make arty care about — and lots of it!”
― David Bayles & Ted Orland Bill Jay, Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils(and Rewards)of Artmaking