You Do You Quotes

“Everyone had always told Feyi growing up that she should stay away from bright colors, that they would be too garish against her dark skin, so it was a delight to stop listening to all of them, to lean into pastels and neons and metallics, rainbows cascading down her back.”
― Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

“Trotz allem, was uns beigebracht wird und was wir glauben sollen, trotz allem, was wir in der Werbung hören oder was wir empfinden, wenn wir in der Arbeit gestresst sind – wir alle kontrollieren jeden Moment unseres Lebens selbst. Ich hatte das vergessen. So ließ ich zu, dass alles Mögliche mein Leben beeinflusste, und versuchte mich entsprechend anzupassen. [...] Nur Sie alleine wissen wirklich, was Sie mit ihrem Leben anfangen wollen. Lassen Sie niemals zu, dass andere Dinge oder Menschen Sie an einem Punkt bringen, an dem Sie das Gefühl haben, Ihr eigenes Schicksal nicht länger bestimmen zu können. Ergreifen Sie die Initiative und wählen Sie Ihren Weg selbst, sonst tun andere es für Sie.”
― John Strelecky

“And if you were happy doing all that... then great. But you're not.”
― Joani Elliott, The Audacity of Sara Grayson

“Cecily pointed out that writing about the different flavors of unhappiness was all well and good, but the plan was to get Kate back to happy--- and to focus more on that.
She'd loved doing it, though, and by the time she'd written down "Lunch for When You're Thoroughly Bored with Yourself"--- slow-roast chicken with lemon and harissa, with a butter-drenched baked potato, followed by warm chocolate-cookie pudding with cream--- any urge to contact Nick had passed, and she was back to thinking he was an idiot--- and that she was not only the icing but the whole entire cake.”
― Vicky Zimmerman, Miss Cecily's Recipes for Exceptional Ladies