Matt Haig Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life

1. „Der Turm ist meine Lieblingsfigur, sagte sie jetzt. „Man denkt, man müsse nicht auf ihn achten. Weil er sich immer unkompliziert geradeaus bewegt. Dame, Springer und Läufer behält man im Auge, weil sie sich heimlich anschleichen. Aber gerade der Turm wird einem oft zum Verhängnis. Das Umkomplizierte ist nie ganz das, was es zu sein scheint.- S. 104 The Midnight Library

2. „Jedes Leben umfasst Millionen von Entscheidungen. Manche groß, manche klein. Doch jedes Mal, wenn man einer Entscheidung den Vorzug vor einer anderen gibt, verschiebt sich das Resultat. Es tritt eine irreversible Veränderung ein, die wiederum zu weiteren Veränderungen führt. Diese Bücher sind Portale zu all den Leben, die dir offengestanden hätten.- S. 43 The Midnight Library

3. Das Universum tendiert zu Chaos und Entropie. Das sind die Grundlagen der Thermodynamik. Vielleicht sind es auch die Grundlagen des Daseins.- S. 23 The Midnight Library

4. Ein Mensch war wie eine Stadt. Ein paar weniger wünschenswerte Aspekte durften nicht den Blick aufs Ganze verstellen. Vielleicht gab es einiges, was man nicht mochte, ein paar zwielichtige Straßen und Vororte, aber wegen der guten Seiten lohne es sich doch.- S. 61 The Midnight Library

5. Every second of every day we are entering a new universe. And we spend so much time wishing our lives were different, comparing ourselves to other people and to other versions of ourselves, when really most lives contain degrees of good and degrees of bad.[...]There are patterns of life... Rhythms. It is so easy, while trapped in just the one life, to imagine that times of sadness or tragedy or failure or fear are a result of the particular existence. That it is a by-product of living a certain way, rather than simply living. I mean, it would have made things a lot easier if we understood there was no way of living that can immunise you against sadness. And that sadness is intrinsically part of the fabric of happiness. You can't have one without the other. Of course, they come in different degrees and quantities. But there is no life where you can be in a state of sheer happiness for ever. And imagining there is just breeds more unhappiness in the life you're in.

6. I have been in love only once in my life. I suppose that makes me a romantic, in a sense. The idea that you have one true love, that no one else will compare after they have gone. It's a sweet idea, but the reality is terror itself. To be faced with all those lonely years after. To exist when the point of you has gone. How to Stop Time

7. If we keep going in a straight line we'll get out of here. Walking one foot in front of the other, in the same direction, will always get you further than running around in circles. It's about the determination to keep walking forward. The Comfort Book

8. It is quite a revelation to discover that the place you wanted to escape to is the exact same place you escaped from. That the prison wasn't the place, but the perspective. The Midnight Library

9. It seems impossible to live without hurting people.''That's because it is.''So why live at all?''Well, in fairness, dying hurts people too. The Midnight Library

10. Learn to say to no things that get in the way of life. And to say yes to the things that help you live. The Comfort Book

11. Life is nota ladder to climba puzzle to solvea key to finda destination to reacha problem to fix The Comfort Book

12. Maybe Shakespeare was right. Maybe all the world was a stage. Maybe without the act everything would fall apart. The key to happiness wasn't being yourself, because what did that even mean? Everyone had many selves. No. The key to happiness is finding the lie that suits you best. How to Stop Time

13. Never underestimate the big importance of small things,' Mrs. Elm said. 'You must always remember that. The Midnight Library

14. Never underestimate the big importance of small things. You must always remember that.

15. RememberWhen we were young enough Not to fear tomorrow Or mourn yesterday And we were just Us. The Midnight Library

16. That was how she had felt most of her life.Caught in the middle. Struggling, flailing, just trying to survive while not knowing which way to go. Which path to commit to without regret. The Midnight Library

17. The key to happiness - or that even more desired thing, calmness - lies not in always thinking happy thoughts. No. That is impossible. No mind on earth with any kind of intelligence could spend a lifetime enjoying only happy thoughts. They key is in accepting your thoughts, all of them, even the bad ones. Accept thoughts, but don't become them. Understand, for instance, that having a sad thought, even having a continual succession of sad thoughts, is not the same as being a sad person. Reasons to Stay Alive

18. There are patterns to life . . . Rhythms. It is so easy, while trapped in just the one life, to imagine that times of sadness or tragedy or failure or fear are a result of that particular existence. That it is a by-product of living a certain way, rather than simply living. I mean, it would have made things a lot easier if we understood there was no way of living that can immunise you against sadness. And that sadness is intrinsically part of the fabric of happiness. You can’t have one without the other. Of course, they come in different degrees and quantities. But there is no life where you can be in a state of sheer happiness for ever. And imagining there is just breeds more unhappiness in the life you’re in. The Midnight Library

19. Truth is a straight line you sometimes need to curve, you should know that by now. How to Stop Time

20. Wahrer Erfolg jedoch lässt sich nicht messen, und das Leben ist kein Rennen, das man gewinnen kann. Das ist alles totaler Quatsch. […] Die Wahrheit ist jedoch, dass Erfolg eine Illusion ist. Alles ist eine Illusion. […] Denn das Leben macht einem Angst, und zwar aus folgendem Grund: Es ist ganz egal, welchen Zweig eines Lebens wir verwirklichen. Wir sind und bleiben immer derselbe morsche Baum. Ich wollte in meinem Leben alles Mögliche sein. Aber wenn das Leben morsch und fail ist, wird es eben immer morsch und faul bleiben, egal was man tut. Die Feuchtigkeit macht alles zunichte.- S. 132 The Midnight Library

21. Wenn du danach strebst, jemand zu werden, der du gar nicht bist, wirst du immer scheitern. Strebe danach, du selbst zu sein. Strebe danach, wie du selbst auszusehen, zu. Handeln und zu denken. Strebe danach, die wahrhaftigste Version deiner selbst zu sein. Sei ganz DU. Nimm dich an. Liebe dich selbst. Arbeite mit aller Kraft daran. Und achte nicht darauf, wenn andere Leute sich darüber lustig machen. Klatsch ist meistens nur Neid. Halte den Kopf gesenkt. Sei ausdauernd. Schwimm weiter.- S. 111 The Midnight Library

22. You see, doing one thing differently is very often the same as doing everything differently. The Midnight Library

23. ...and advised I take things ‘one day at a time’, as if there were another way for days to be experienced. The Humans

24. (I)t was different because she was alive, when she had so nearly been dead. And because that had been her choice. A choice to live. Because she had touched the vastness of life and within that vastness she had seen the possibility not only of what she could do, but also feel. (p. 285) The Midnight Library

25. Happy moments can turn into pain, given time. The Midnight Library

26. History was, is, a one-way street. You have to keep walking forwards, but you don't always need to look ahead. Sometimes you can just look around and be happy right where you are. How to Stop Time

27. I pleaded with God, I asked and begged and bargained, but God did not bargain. God was stubborn and deaf and oblivious. And she died and I lived and a hole opened up, dark and bottomless, and I fell down and kept falling for centuries. How to Stop Time

28. ILikeThe WayThat when youTiltPoemsOn their sideTheyLook likeMiniatureCities FromA long wayAway. SkyscrapersMade outOfWords. How to Stop Time

29. In those moments that burst alive the present lasts for ever, and I know there are many more presents to live. I understand. I understand you can be free. I understand that the way you stop time is by stopping being ruled by it. How to Stop Time

30. It is quite a revelation to discover that the place you wanted to escape to is the exact same place you escaped from. That the prison wasn't the place, but the perspective. The Midnight Library