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Beth Given
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“What if life is unpredictable? What if people leave for no reason? What if losing is just another part of life? What if the universe can't be controlled? What if chaos is good? What if some questions can never be answered? What if that's okay?”
― The Chaos of Standing Still
― The Chaos of Standing Still
“But when you lose someone, you don’t lose them all at once, and their dying doesn’t stop with their death. You lose them a thousand times in a thousand ways. You say a thousand goodbyes. You hold a thousand funerals.”
― The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir
― The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir
“I think adversity magnifies behavior. Tend to be a control freak? You'll become more controlling. Eat for comfort? You'll eat more. And on the positive, if you tend to focus on solutions and celebrate small successes, that's what you'll do in adversity.”
― The Happiness Project
― The Happiness Project
“Studies show that aggressively expressing anger doesn't relieve anger but amplifies it. On the other hand, not expressing anger often allows it to disappear without leaving ugly traces.”
― The Happiness Project
― The Happiness Project
“Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to.”
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
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