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I want to inspire through example. I hope my books motivate others to open doors and windows that will help them to embrace their own truth, light and joy.
Alexandra Stoddard
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You're not going to be dreary on the inside if you're not dreary on the outside.
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Our home, just like our garden, evolves. We experiment, try out different things and new colors until we feel content. Try to keep the metaphor of home as garden in your consciousness.
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When I'm the happiest, my desk is not neat. It has lots of pens and the books I love. It gets messy when I'm in the flow. So many houses are so neat.
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I feel very strongly we are spiritual beings in a physical body, and we should make our surroundings as beautiful and soulful as possible.
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How we feel about ourselves as we read the newspaper, set the table, wash the dishes, recycle the trash and wash our clothes... is essential to our overall happiness and well-being.
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We can finish a house, but never a home. Once you fall in love with a house, you find continual pleasures in fixing it up and making innovations that satisfy your creature's comforts.
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You learn to give up what's not working and surround yourself with things you love - not what's correct or proper.
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Happiness is the first principle of life. Happiness basically means well-being. It is always good and always a choice... We need to make the choice to be happy in a particular situation, just as it is, and at a given moment.
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I have my clothes made in Hong Kong, but I love Shangai Tang in New York.
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When I was little, I got to pick my hair ribbon from my mother's collection that hung over her dressing-table mirror. I have an entire room of ribbons in my New York apartment.
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I like people to really get a feel for the house before they do anything to it.
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