Children's literature is one of my joys, and it's also my mental comfort food. — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
I used to be very disciplined about only buying three books ahead of what I was reading, but my husband corrupted me,… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
I'm always trying to figure out ways to keep hold of memories. My one-sentence journal, for instance. — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
One of my 'Secrets of Adulthood' is: Somewhere, keep an empty shelf. I know where my empty shelf is, and I treasure… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
I read a lot, all the time, but often I read books for research, or because they're interesting to me in some… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
My writing tends to become very dense, so I have to keep some cushion. Sometimes, words that seem superfluous are actually essential… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Keeping a habit, in the smallest way, protects and strengthens it. I write every day, even if it's just a sentence, to… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
In 'Happier at Home,' I write a lot about my struggle to create an unhurried atmosphere at home. — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Reading makes me want to write my own books, and just trying to understand what I see in the world around me… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
A book is a better way to develop a complicated idea, or to tell a big story and to show how ideas… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“The most important piece of writing advice: Have something to say. Whenever I have trouble writing, it’s because I’m trying to write… — GRETCHEN RUBIN Copy Share Image
One of the most important elements of my identity is my identity as a reader. I love to read - really, if… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Whenever I start a new book, I think, 'This is the most interesting subject of all time. It's sad, I'll never enjoy… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
One thing that makes me very happy is to have a complicated idea and to feel that I've expressed myself clearly. I… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“For work: I bought some pens. Normally, I used makeshift pens, the kind of unsatisfactory implements that somehow materialized in my bag… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“...perhaps the most acute source of happiness from writing was the happiness of expressing a very complicated idea–the kind of idea that… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“Second Splendid Truth One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Knowing what you admire in others is a wonderful mirror into your deepest, as yet unborn, self. — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable you are and the less you complain, the… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“one Secret of Adulthood is “Never start a sentence with the words ‘No offense’”? “And” — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
One of the findings that really interests me is that, although we think we ACT because of the way we FEEL, we often FEEL… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
We all want to get along well with other people, and one way to do this is to help people feel good about themselves.… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
During my study of happiness, I noticed something that surprised me: I often learn more from one person's highly idiosyncratic experiences than I do… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
There is a preppy wabi-sabi to soft, faded khakis and cotton shirts, but it's not nice to be surrounded by things that are worn… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“There are times in the lives of most of us,” observed William Edward Hartpole Lecky, “when we would have given all the world to… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“I started thinking more about music. I thought I'd accepted the fact that, as part of "Being Gretchen," I didn't really like music, but… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
If you've had something for more than six months, and it's still not repaired, it's clutter. — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
“The pleasure of doing the same thing, in the same way, every day, shouldn't be overlooked. The things I do every day take on… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
