- As you repeat this selection process, you increase your sensitivity to joy.
- When something sparks joy, you should feel a little thrill, as if the cells in your body are slowly rising. When you hold something that doesn't bring you joy, you will notice that your body feels heavier.
- And when you discard anything, don't forget to thank it before saying goodbye
- Tidying is the act of confronting yourself; cleaning is the act of confronting nature.
- If it brings you joy, but you can't see yourself wearing it outside, there's no reason you shouldn't wear it inside.
- Type As are thought to have a stronger desire for neatness than Bs
- I know that complaining is actually proof that a person still has the energy to carry on
- dovetailed
- nebulous sense of guilt
- stewed chicken with burdock, sauteed pork and mushrooms, eggplant miso soup, chilled tofu with a seaweed vinaigrette on top, she would look at the table and say, "too much brown" and then add a dish of sliced tomatoes. Surprisingly, that one touch brightened up the table and made our meal much more enjoyable.
- an ear pick with a mushroom on the handle, and mushroom-shaped erasers. "It's the form that's so attractive, you see. Bulging on top and slender on the bottom. And their modesty; they flourish in the shade of great trees."
- TVs, electric cords have a slightly pungent electric smell.
- As a child, I used to enjoy pushing the little globules of oil floating in my ramen bowl into one big blob after all the noodles were gone.
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