4 Quotes by Alex Lake

There’s no point worrying about work, he’d say, adding his favorite quote: ‘worry is a dividend paid to disaster before it’s due’. You spend your time thinking about things that might never happen. It’s pointless. If it happens, figure it out. If it doesn’t, don’t worry about it.

Your reputation is like your virginity, Julia: you only get to lose it once.

The worst injuries are always self-inflicted, even if you do them for the best of reasons.

Who cares about crumbs or mess or late bedtimes? We spend so much time worrying about the little things, when they don’t matter. And we let the things that do matter slip.