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Susan Cain
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Susan Cain
@susancain
#1 bestselling books, QUIET & BITTERSWEET. Read the Quiet Life newsletter for art, ideas, consolations & candlelight: TheQuietLife.net/about
Joined October 2008
- "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need". ~Cicero Have a magical weekend! Art and quotation: via @dennismt #Kindred #Bittersweet #Quiet
- Happy World Introvert Day!! I will be celebrating by getting into a flow state (hopefully) outlining my next book. (To mark the occasion, here is a photo of me in flow when I was outlining Quiet. :)) How will you spend the day?
- 7 simple life-improving things: 1. Breathe deeply, often. 2. Drink a lot of water. 3. Eat real food. 4. Always get a good night’s sleep. 5. Be kind to yourself. 6. Realize that you're not your thoughts. 7. When you feel sad or anxious, take action (try taking a walk).
- If you really have work to do in the world, read this
- The Quiet Revolution WEBSITE HAS LAUNCHED!! Please visit and let me know what you think: quietrev.com Many, many versions to come!
- Yesterday I was having computer issues that caused much sighing and cursing, and my ten year old slipped me this note.
- “The cruel always believe the kind are weak. But human decency and goodness can also move human affairs.” —David Frum
- Advice we don't hear enough: just because you're good at something doesn't mean it's what you should spend your time doing. Sometimes competence, and the rewards/praise it brings, can send you in the wrong direction, or trap you in the wrong place.
- "Sit in a room and read—and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time." -Joseph Campbell
- Lately, people keep using the word "quiet" to mean "passive-aggressive" or "something bad that sneaks up on you" - as in, "quiet quitting" or "the quiet catastrophe of loneliness." HERE IS ITS TRUE MEANING. I hope you find some quiet this weekend -- and kindred spirits who know
- “Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.” ―Albert Einstein (via @sbkaufman)
- Now that I’m here, I can't see why middle age gets such a bad rap. I think it’s the best of all possible times. You still have your health and vibrancy (hopefully) but the shadows are lengthening enough that you stop to notice the beauty in everything. Photo: Jeremy Barlow
