The Midnight Library Summary

Well, far be it from me to say, but there is more to this world than swimming really fast. There are many different possible lives ahead fo you. Like I said last week, you could be a glaciologist.

'Want', she told her, in a measured tone, 'is an interesting word. It means lack. Sometimes if we fill that lack with something else the original want disappears entirely. Maybe you have a lack problem rather than a want problem. Maybe there is a life that you really want to live.'

You can choose choices but not outcomes.

'Never underestimate the big importance of small things'

Doing one thing differently is often the same as doing everything differently.

'It's hard to predict, isn't it?' she asked, looking blankly in front of her as she moved a black bishop across the board to take a white pawn. 'The things that will make us happy.'

Regrets don't leave They weren't mosquito bites. They itch forever.

The flowers have water. They'll be ok. They're looked after.

His voice, she realised, didn't sound like she remembered. It sounded emptier. A bit colder. Maybe it was tiredness. Maybe it was stress. Maybe it was marriage.

Bertrand Russell wrote that 'To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three-parts dead'... But Bertrand Russell had more marriages and affairs than hot diners, so perhaps he was no on to give advice.

That beautiful moment, when you are so lost in a book, it's story. When you feel happy, weary, thrilled and excited. And you end up thinking why this had to end!!

When you become so attached to the characters, that you try to be like one.

Magical power of stories! 

I really enjoyed reading this book.

The struggle every human , thinking we can change our present by changing our past choices!

I found the answer that satisfies me in this book

There are 16 chess pieces in a game of chess; as life begins perfectly in our career. We lose them as the game progress, just like our plans fail as time passes. Eventually, we were left with only a pawn and a king; our aspiration to achieve goals, and our inner soul. Most people surrender. But if we think deeper, it is in fact a queen in waiting, waiting to reach the other side of the checkerboard. Zooming further in, it is not just a queen in waiting, it is an opportunity to unlock all possibilities. If the game is still playable, be persistent. Who knows one day the table might turnover?

opportunity comes and goes. when you make the wrong moves, its okay because life is an endless journey with full of choices.

regret is toxic. it eats the shit out of your life. so instead of keep regretting and having depression out of it, stop thinking about it and start improving yourself for the better. learn from what you're regretting and live your life to the fullest.

The only way to learn is to live

The only way to learn is to live.

If you keep searching for the meaning of life, you can never live it.

Being alive itself is an opportunity to shape your life and make it better