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Kathryn
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I failed to understand, at the time, that people-pleasing was never going to be a fulfilling way to live. That in pleasing others, you end up failing to please yourself. That in doing so, you are trying to shore up your dwindling internal
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“She knew now - life was a flicker: the briefest thing, blown out before one was able to turn round.”
― Love
― Love
“A sister is not a friend. Who can explain the urge to take a relationship as primal and complex as a sibling and reduce it to something as replaceable, as banal as a friend?”
― Blue Sisters
― Blue Sisters
“There is always an unknown variable, and that unknown variable is often yourself. Embrace the mystery would be my advice. Embrace the impossibility of it all. Enjoy the not-knowing. Don’t rush to the wedding or the death or the amen.”
― The Life Impossible
― The Life Impossible
“People say that love is rare. I am not so sure. What is rare is something even more desirable. Understanding. There is no point in being loved if you are not understood.”
― The Life Impossible
― The Life Impossible
“My point is simple: Adults will have negative opinions about you and everything you do. Let Them judge. Let Them react. Let Them doubt you. Let Them question the decisions you are making. Let Them be wrong about you. Let Them roll their eyes when you start posting videos online or you want to rewrite the manuscript for the 12th time. Instead of wasting your time worrying about them, start living your life in a way that makes you proud of yourself. Let Me do what I want to do with my one wild and precious life.”
― The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About
― The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About
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Kathryn’s 2025 Year in Books
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