“sometimes all it takes is a stylish outfit to remind someone that they can be more than they imagined—really give the confidence to start over again. And when everyone’s judging you by what you’re wearing, or if you look professional enough to give you that break … it can really make the difference.”
Source: How to Choose a Guy in 10 Days
“This isn’t just a book about education. It’s a blueprint for what must come next.”
— Sarah Kissane, Obsolete: The Education Wake-Up Call”
Source: Obsolete: The Education Wake-Up Call
“The world is changing fast. The classroom isn’t.”
— Sarah Kissane, Obsolete: The Education Wake-Up Call”
Source: Obsolete: The Education Wake-Up Call
“Could it have been anyone, or was it destiny? When I'm considering this I find it helpful to quote the wisdom of my father, who once told me, "Who knows why the fuck anything happens?”
Source: Midnight Riot
“Averages are great for monitoring but terrible for diagnosis.”
Source: Reset: How to Change What's Not Working
“Her name is Penny. That's another way to be called worthless. She can thank inflation and Central Bankers.”
Source: Me and memes and memories
“Insult in such a way so as to flatter, to soften the sting. Might bring about actual change in behavior in The Offended.”
Source: Me and memes and memories
“Each time we open a new chapter, we must close the previous one. Yet sometimes we are running so fast into what's next that we overlook the magnitude of honoring what was. We underestimate the potency of saying "thank you" or the power of ritualizing closure.”
Source: The Life Brief: A Playbook for No-Regrets Living
“Catch the breeze.
Open to the changing season.
Yes, resist the political disaster we're living through
but open to the possibility of breezes clearing some of the air,
leading us to how and where we can keep the worst from happening
and how and where we can move it in a different direction.
There is still hope.”
“The voices did their best. And I was damned
for sure, I thought
But the call came, and the wind in my hair
felt different; infinite.”
Source: Altered States of the Unflinching Souls