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01Undated

But the happiest people are the ones who understand that good things occur when one allows them to.

Danny Wallace / quote

02Undated

At first I assumed he was a Mexican, but slowly began to realise that a real Mexican probably wouldn't be wearing a sombrero in a London nightclub. And he'd probably have a real moustache, not a stick-on one. A Mexican with a stick-on moustache would be like a Super-Mexican, because he'd have two moustaches, and that'd be cool, because a Super-Mexican could probably use his poncho as a cape, and then I realised I was saying all this to the man's face.

Danny Wallace / quote

03Undated

I mean No is power. No says, "I'm in charge." Think about how many times you've said yes in the past year, and how many times you would've liked to have said no instead. Maybe being able to say no is the one thing that keeps us sane. Some people go through their whole lives saying yes over and over again--yes to things they don't want to do but feel obliged to; yes to things that allow other people to take advantage of them, just because that's the way things are, the way things have always been. Some people need to learn how to say no. Because every time they say yes, they say no to themselves.

Danny Wallace / quote

04Undated

Wagamama. Text messaging aficionados might like to note that this is one of the most satisfying words you can possibly type.

Danny Wallace / quote

05Undated

Take the stupidest thing you've ever done. At least it's done. It's over. It's gone. We can all learn from our mistakes and heal and move on. But it's harder to learn or heal or move on from something that hasn't happened; something we don't know and is therefore indefinable; something which could very easily have been the best thing in our lives, if only we'd taken the plunge, if only we'd held our breath and stood up and done it, if only we'd said yes.

Danny Wallace / quote

06Undated

It appears your son was 85 percent curry!

Danny Wallace / quote

07Undated

I was saying yes because when you're in love, the world is full of possibilities, and when you're in love, you want to take every single one of them.

Danny Wallace / quote

08Undated

And as I looked at the star, I realised what millions of other people have realised when looking at stars. We’re tiny. We don’t matter. We’re here for a second and then gone the next. We’re a sneeze in the life of the universe.

Danny Wallace / quote

09Undated

If I was going to act irresponsibly, the least I could do was be responsible for it.

Danny Wallace / quote

10Undated

I sat down on the sofa, surrounded by years of coffee rings and sandwich stains. If the police ever did a DNA test on this sofa, it would be ninety per cent disappointment.

Danny Wallace / quote

11Undated

Sometimes the little opportunities that fly at us each day can have the biggest impact.

Danny Wallace / quote

12Undated

The only time you have no opportunities is when you decide to stop taking them.

Danny Wallace / quote

13Undated

What a terrible thing, I thought, to let a moment go.

Danny Wallace / quote