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“This is the trouble with origin hunting. There are so many origins.”
― Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety
― Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety
“But a child is a sensitive instrument. You can hide the factual truth from a child, but you can't blanket influence. Your agitation will out, and over time it will mod your child's temperament as surely as water wear at rock.”
― Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety
― Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety
“If you're afraid of heights, lean over a railing. If you're afraid of germs, lick a floor. But what do you do if your greatest fear is of being afraid?”
― Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety
― Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety
“I definitely feel very empowered to do a lot of good things--but there's also so much pressure to not only make a lot of choices but to really have it all. It's great that we can have it all, but I think that everyone now feels that there's this overwhelming responsibility to have it all, to really do something profound. Versus just, you know, be happy and get by.”
― Undecided: How to Ditch the Endless Quest for Perfect and Find the Career -- and Life --That's Right for You
― Undecided: How to Ditch the Endless Quest for Perfect and Find the Career -- and Life --That's Right for You
“Guilt at least has a purpose; it tells us we’ve violated some ethical code. Ditto for remorse. Those feelings are educational; they manufacture wisdom. But regret—regret is useless.”
― Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety
― Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety

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