80 percent of life’s most defining moments taking place by age thirty-five.
“I felt trapped in quicksand. Books were about movement. Beginning and middles and ends, even if not in that order. They were about new chapters. And leaving old ones behind.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“All humans make mistakes. What determines a person's characters aren't the mistakes we make. It's how we take those mistakes and turn them into lessons rather than excuses.”
― It Ends with Us
― It Ends with Us
“I think about how it's the not knowing that torments all of us. At a certain point, we all have to come to terms with the unknown and the unknowable. Sometimes we'll never know why.”
― Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
― Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
“Be an intentional friend, one that pays careful attention to a pal's life and needs. Treat a friendship like the gift that it is.”
― The Friendship Crisis
― The Friendship Crisis
“When we can't take ownership of the situation, we can still take ownership for the process.”
― Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You
― Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You
Ojal’s 2025 Year in Books
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