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A Short Guide to a Happy Life

By Anna Quindlen

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| Hardcover | 9780375504617

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"Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of tedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won't happen. We have to teach ourselves now to live, really live...to love the journey, not Continue

"Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of tedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won't happen. We have to teach ourselves now to live, really live...to love the journey, not the destination."

In this treasure of a book, Anna Quindlen, the bestselling novelist and columnist, reflects on what it takes to "get a life"—to live deeply every day and from your own unique self, rather than merely to exist through your days. "Knowledge of our own mortality is the greatest gift God ever gives us," Quindlen writes, "because unless you know the clock is ticking, it is so easy to waste our days, our lives." Her mother died when Quindlen was nineteen: "It was the dividing line between seeing the world in black and white, and in Technicolor. The lights came on for the darkest possible reason....I learned something enduring, in a very short period of time, about life. And that was that it was glorious, and that you had no business taking it for granted." But how to live from that perspective, to fully engage in our days? In A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Quindlen guides us with an understanding that comes from knowing how to see the view, the richness in living.

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  • A nice little book. "Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. The second is only a part of the first." She said.
    So true.

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  • this is actually a commencement address. a great little book filled with wise words.

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    Michelle said on Oct 10, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 64 Pages
  • Edition: 1
  • ISBN-10: 0375504613
  • ISBN-13: 9780375504617
  • Publisher: Random House
  • Pub date: Oct 31, 2000
  • Dimensions: 1161 mm x 839 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Unbound and eBook
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