As all avid readers know, books are home to some of the best advice and best sentences in the world. Every person has a unique experience with the words on a page. Whether you're feeling mad, jealous or defeated, there's a book that can remedy to your troubles—just turn the page, it's cheaper than therapy!
Remember, our mistakes are what shape us.
“Sometimes I wish we could rub out all of our mistakes and start fresh, from the beginning. And sometimes I think there isn’t anything to us but our mistakes.”
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Jealousy can be healthy, just don't let it compromise your happiness.
“Desire is the enemy of contentment.”
Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham
If you're struggling to forgive someone, try and remember what it's like when you're the one asking forgiveness.
“A word about apologizing: It’s hard to do without digging yourself in deeper. It’s also scary and that’s why we avoid the pain. We want so badly to plead our case and tell our story. The bad news is that everybody has a story. Everyone has a version of how things went down and how they participated.”
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
It's okay to be nostalgic and to miss the people you love.
“Time should weep for having spent me without you.”
Dear Mr. You by Mary Louise Parker
Remember, you can overcome anything.
“The wood…taught us about survival, about overcoming difficulty, about prevailing over adversity, but it also taught us something about the underlying reason for surviving in the first place. Something about infinite beauty, about undying grace, about things larger and greater than ourselves. About the reasons we were all here.”
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
People will always let you down if you create standards that are impossible to reach.
“In desperate love, we always invent the characters of our partners, demanding they be what we need of them, and then feeling devastated when they refuse to perform the role we created in the first place.”
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Loneliness is ingrained in the world. You may be feeling lonely, but you are not alone.
“It was the in-between time, before day leaves and night comes, a time I’ve never been partial to because of the sadness that lingers in the space between coming and going.”
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Let things go. It takes too much energy to be angry.
“There comes a point where you just can’t be mad at everyone anymore.”
Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
Be humble.
“One key ingredient of so-called experience is the delusional faith that it is unique and special, that those included in it are privileged and those excluded from it are missing out.”
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Be thankful for the small things.
“Once upon a time, there were four girls, who had enough to eat and drink and wear, a good many comforts and pleasures, kind friends and parents, who loved them dearly, and yet they were not contented.”
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
