Quotes from Matt Haig

People now think of the early 1800s being an industrial time of smoke and factories but, as with every age, it was a carousel of many periods at once. The past stays and echoes even as modernity roars ahead.

she too faded away like the sun that had just been swallowed by the horizon

Foundation Other people matter. But there is no point becoming someone else in order to find friends. In order to find the people who like you, it is first necessary to be you.

The paradox of volcanoes was that they were symbols of destruction but also life. Once the lava slows and cools, it solidifies and then breaks down over time to become soil – rich, fertile soil. She wasn't a black hole, she decided. She was a volcano. And like a volcano she couldn't run away from herself. She'd have to stay there and tend to that wasteland.

She had known three types of silence in relationships. There was passive-aggressive silence, obviously, there was the we-no-longer-have-anything-to-say silence, and then there was the silence that Eduardo and she seemed to have cultivated. The silence of not needing to talk. Of just being together, of together-being. The way you could be happily silent with yourself.

You haven't failed, In a moment of sadness. You haven't lost, In a moment of defeat. You are not a statue Standing in an eternal contrapposto. You are a thing in motion: A rising tide, a cresting wave. Your vast depths witness Every marvel, every wonder: You are, then, marvelous, And wonderful. So: Don't fight the moon. Allow every tide. And give all your wrecked ships The space to hide.

Maybe there was no perfect life for her, but somewhere, surely, there was a life worth living. And if she was to find a life truly worth living, she realized she would have to cast a wider net. Mrs. Elm was right. The game wasn't over. No player should give up if there were pieces still left on the board.

The website also adds that "people who can admire a beautiful model but say 'I could never look like her but it doesn't bother me too much' are the people who are least likely to fall victim to problems with food." Maybe there is a lesson for all of us here: in that disconnect between the images we see and the selves we are. We need to build a kind of immune system of the mind, where we can absorb but not get infected by the world around us.

Nora was only able to think of herself in terms of the things she wasn't.

And I felt an urge to tell someone how good it felt, in human form, to laugh. The release of it. And I wanted to tell someone about it

Kalau seseorang melangkah maju dengan penuh percaya diri menuju mimpi-mimpinya dan berusaha keras untuk menjalani hidup yang dibayangkannya, ia akan menemukan kesuksesan tak terduga yang tak pernah ia bayangkan.

There are many different possible lives ahead of you.

I love stillness. Slowness. When nothing is happening. The blueness of the sky. Inhaling clear air. Birdsong over traffic. Lone footsteps. Spring flowers blooming with defiance. I used to think the quiet patches felt dead. Now they feel more alive. Like leaning over and listening to the earth's heartbeat.

After all, I looked like them. Maybe this was another human trait. Their ability to turn on themselves, to ostracize their own kind. If that was the case, it added weight to my mission. It made me understand it better.

Denn auch Wörter sind magisch. Sie können die ganze Welt enthalten.

Love is where you find the meaning.

Equidistante. Não alinhada a uma margem nem à outra. Era assim que ela havia se sentido na maior parte da vida. Presa bem no meio. Lutando, se debatendo, simplesmente tentando sobreviver sem saber para onde ir. Nem com que caminho se comprometer sem arrependimentos.

an anchor fixes you in one place. And I am still not fixed. Could I just keep sailing through life for ever feeling like this? A boat has to stop eventually. It has to reach a port, a harbour, a destination, known or unknown. It has to get somewhere, and stop there, or what is the point of the boat?

But you will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

Alcohol in the evening is very enjoyable. Hangovers in the morning are very unpleasant. At some point you have to choose: evenings or mornings.

I was not really used to weather you had to think about. But this was England, a part of Earth where thinking about the weather was the chief human activity.

Everything is going to be alright. Or, if not, everything is going to be, so let's not worry.

Minds can't see what they can't handle.

I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. Sylvia Plath