
“Whatever happens at all happens as it should; you will find this true, if you watch narrowly.”
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IV, 10
“Whatever happens at all happens as it should; you will find this true, if you watch narrowly.”
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IV, 10
Source: At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches
“Maybe everything bad that happens to you makes you weaker, and so you can stand less and less.”
Pt. 2, Ch. 3 - p.97
Giovanni's Room (1956)
It's personal discovery."
From an interview with Russell Brand in 2009
In interviews etc., About pop culture
“There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
Source: Where the Wild Things Are
Variant: You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better.
Source: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life