The key to happiness is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don’t

Cutting for Stone P. 351

The key to happiness is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don’t. If you keep saying your slippers aren’t yours, then you’ll die searching, you’ll die bitter, always feeling you were promised more. Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.”