Matt Haig book summaries

“You don't have to understand life. You just have to live it.”

Mrs. Elm says this to Nora during one of their conversations in the library, offering a perspective on the futility of overthinking.

“It is not a person's job to be happy. It is a person's job to be alive.”

Nora reflects on this after experiencing multiple lives, realizing that happiness is not the ultimate goal.

“The only way to learn is to live.”

Mrs. Elm tells Nora this when she is frustrated with the lessons she is not learning from the alternate lives.

“We don't have to be defined by the things we regret.”

Nora thinks this as she begins to accept her own life and move forward.

“Never underestimate the big importance of small things.”

Nora says this to herself after noticing the small joys in her own life that she had previously ignored.