“No is a good word. It keeps you sane. In an age of overload, no is really yes. It is yes to having the space you need to live.”

“To know which path to take, it helps to take a few wrong ones.”

“Curiosity and passion are the enemies of anxiety. Even when I fell into anxiety, if I get curious enough about something outside of me it can help pull me out. Music, art, film, nature, conversation, words. Find passion as large as your fear. The way out of your mind is via the world.”

“Don’t absorb criticism from people you wouldn’t go to for advice.”

"Hope, in its simplest form, is the acceptance of possibility.”

“It’s okay to be the teacup with a chip in it. That’s the one with a story.”

“In order to get over a problem it helps to look at it. You can’t climb a mountain that you pretend isn’t there.”

“There will be other days. And other feelings.”

“It’s okay to like things for literally no other reason than because you like them and not because they are cool or clever or popular.”

“The hardest question I have ever been asked is: ‘How do I stay alive for other people if I have no one?’ The answer is that you stay alive for other versions of you. For the people you will meet, yes, sure, but also the people you will be.”

An instant New York Times Bestseller! The new uplifting book from Matt Haig, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library, for anyone in search of hope, looking for a path to a more meaningful life, or in need of a little encouragement. Named by The Washington Post as one of the best feel-good books of the year “It is a strange paradox, that many of the clearest, most comforting life lessons are learnt while we are at our lowest. But then we never think about food more than when we are hungry and we never think about life rafts more than when we are thrown overboard.” THE COMFORT BOOK is Haig’s life raft: it’s a collection of notes, lists, and stories written over a span of several years that originally served as gentle reminders to Haig’s future self that things are not always as dark as they may seem. Incorporating a diverse array of sources from across the world, history, science, and his own experiences, Haig offers warmth and reassurance, reminding us to slow down and appreciate the beauty and unpredictability of existence.

Understand yourself and those around you.

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Matt Haig was born in Sheffield, England. He writes books for both adults and children, often blending the worlds of domestic reality and outright fantasy, with a quirky twist.

MATT HAIG

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