3 Quotes by Eleanor Gordon-Smith

Remember that our default ways of seeing are not natural or necessary. Any statue in any gallery testifies that we did not always think lean teens were the peak of beauty. Seeing is tangled up with belief; don’t let either be handed to you by juvenile men in boardrooms who want to take your money.

Lines can be the etchings of your biggest smiles, the frowns you learned from, the proof that you change and grow.

Focus on the parts of yourself that will not diminish with time – humour and wisdom are not like collagen. You will make more of them as you age.