Park Avenue Quotes

“A lot of people believe that the opposite of anxiety is calm. Finding peace. I believe the opposite of anxiety is trust. Trust in a process, in an outcome, in a situation, or in a person. Ask yourself, ‘Where are my anxieties in this situation? Where are my anxieties under my control?’ Then you’ll find where the trust lies.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Park Avenue

“Loss and grief are the price for living and loving.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Park Avenue

“In Buddhism, we believe that our bodies and hearts and minds are one single essence.” She held up her index finger and paused to take a halting breath, the toll of the afternoon becoming more apparent with each passing minute. “If we take in joy, we become joy. If we consume anger, we become anger. If we sit with pain, it becomes indistinguishable from who we are in truth.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Park Avenue

“poncy”
― Renée Ahdieh, Park Avenue

“Backpfeifengesicht.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Park Avenue

“Worry about it when it happens, Gail would say, instead of obsessing over every possible outcome beforehand.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Park Avenue

“Dreaming is essential to life. If we cannot dream, we cannot believe. If we cannot believe, we cannot trust. If we cannot trust, then we cannot live a life of meaning.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Park Avenue

“Loss and grief are the price for living and loving. And when grief comes to take its pound of flesh, we fight back, for we do not wish to suffer. When instead we should hand over our payment, gladly.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Park Avenue

“wondered if too much money might be the antithesis of happiness. Maybe it made it harder to find contentment. After all, everything in life couldn’t be glitzy or polished to perfection. Real life wasn’t meant for a curated highlight reel. Perhaps it was important to bear witness to both ends of a spectrum to appreciate the experience of either one. Like a superhero slogan about how the darkest nights gave rise to the brightest dawns.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Park Avenue

“So while Parrish was working on the painting, he basically decided to troll his nemesis by painting John Jacob Astor as Old King Cole himself. And the reason all the courtiers around him look like they are trying to stop themselves from laughing is because … Old King Cole has just let one rip.” She finished with a loud fart noise, her tongue jutting diagonally from between her lips.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Park Avenue

“lot of people believe that the opposite of anxiety is calm. Finding peace. I believe the opposite of anxiety is trust. Trust in a process, in an outcome, in a situation, or in a person. Ask yourself, ‘Where are my anxieties in this situation? Where are my anxieties under my control?’ Then you’ll find where the trust lies.” “The trust lies,” Jia murmured. “That’s an interesting way of phrasing it.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Park Avenue

“The right book could transport her to a different time and place. To a different world or mindset. The right story could transform her for a moment … or a lifetime.”
― Renée Ahdieh, Park Avenue