Nothing in this world feels as good as hope.

- from Golden Girl book by Elin Hilderbrand

I believe that if you hire a man to do a job, you ought to get out of the way and let him do it. If you doubt his ability, you shouldn't have hired him in the first place.

- from Grinding It Out book by Ray Kroc

The thing about money, sex, and success is that when you don't have them, you can justify your misery - shit, if I had money, sex, and success, I'd feel great! However misguided that may be, it psychologically permeates as hope. But once you are rich, famous, successful - and you're still insecure and unhappy - the terrifying thought begins to lurk: Maybe the problem is me.

- from Will book by Will Smith

The globalization game is not simply ending. It is already over. Most countries will never return to the degree of stability or growth they experienced in 2019. And now most have lost the chance to even try to shift onto a newer, more appropriate footing.

- from The End of the World is Just the Beginning book by Peter Zeihan

Justice may be slow and invisible, but it always renders its true verdict in the end.

- from The Underground Railroad book by Colson Whitehead

If we invest too much in developing AI and too little in developing human consciousness, the very sophisticated artificial intelligence of computers might only serve to empower the natural stupidity of humans. We are unlikely to face a robot rebellion in the coming decades, but we might have to deal with hordes of bots who know how to press our emotional buttons better than our mother, and use this uncanny ability to try and sell us something - be it a car, a politician, or an entire ideology.

- from 21 Lessons for the 21st Century book by Yuval Noah Harari

We learn more from people who challenge our thought process than those who affirm our conclusions. Strong leaders engage their critics and make themselves stronger. Weak leaders silence their critics and make themselves weaker.

- from Think Again book by Adam Grant

I've met a few incorruptible men. They tend to die horrible deaths.

- from Night Watch book by Terry Pratchett

The heart of a woman who loves will forgive many blows.

- from Murder on the Links book by Agatha Christie

At the beginning of the decade, the people I was close to seemed like friends for life, people I could never imagine not seeing every day. But life happens. Love happens. Loss happens. Change and growth happen at different paces for different people, and sometimes the paces just don't line up. It's devastating if I think too much about it, so I usually don't.

- from I'm Glad My Mom Died book by Jennette McCurdy