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1 " The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new. "
― Elin Hilderbrand , The Hotel Nantucket
2 " I’ve always thought of mosaic as this big metaphor for my life,” she says. “All these jagged, incongruous pieces…” She holds up a small shard of milky jade-green glass. “These are like the things that happen to you. But if it’s laid out a certain way and if you take a step back from it, it makes sense. "
3 " But the secret to success for any bathroom,” Lizbet says to Jill, “isn’t how it looks; it’s how it makes the guest look. "
4 " She spent seventy-seven dollars at Wayfair on a framed quote attributed to Socrates: The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new. "
5 " I want to apply for the general-manager position at the new Hotel Nantucket.” “You must have heard about the salary,” Eddie says. “No. I haven’t even thought about the salary.” “It’s a hundred and twenty-five thousand a year,” Eddie says. “Plus full benefits.” Lizbet pulls back a few inches. Her mind lands fancifully on a trip to the dentist when she wouldn’t have to worry when Janice, the hygienist, tells her it’s time for a full set of X-rays. “Wow. "
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7 " quote attributed to Socrates: The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new. "
8 " All your energy. Not on fighting the old. But on building the new. The secret of change. "
9 " When deep August arrives, a certain melancholy sets in, the kind people get on a Sunday afternoon. "
10 " Socrates: The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new. "
