Some quotes from Gretchen Rubin's Daily Emails

I love quotes. Gretchen Rubin's daily emails are a good way to ingest them easily. Here are a few from this year that I love: 

“The world only exists in your eyes—your conception of it. You can make it as big or as small as you want to.” 

-- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Crack-Up

“The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.”

-- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“The infinite wonders of the universe are revealed to us in exact measure as we are capable of receiving them. The keenness of our vision depends not on how much we can see, but on how much we feel….Nature sings her most exquisite songs to those who love her.” 

-- Helen Keller, The World I Live In

"There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.” 

-- Kazuo Ishiguro, interview

“I love a broad margin to my life.” (my overall favorite quote is this one)

-- Henry David Thoreau, Walden

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