.
>>> NOBODY KNOWS.
>> NOBODY CARES.
>> THAT’S HODA’S QUOTE.
>> THAT’S ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
>> SHE’S ACTUALLY CELEBRATING
MANY OTHER QUOTES SHE LOVES IN
HER NEW BACK CALLED "THIS JUST
SPEAKS TO ME" BUT NOBODY KNOWS
IT’S MY FAVORITE.
>> THIS BOOK RECOGNIZES THE
STRUGGLES THAT WE’VE ALL ENDURED
THIS YEAR.
ULTIMATELY THIS BOOK IS
UPLIFTING .
WHAT I HOPE YOU’LL FIND IS HOW
HOPEFUL WE ARE TIME AND TIME
AGAIN AND THAT WE EACH HAVE EACH
OTHER’S BACK.
WE WILL FIND THE OTHER SIDE OF
THIS BY GETTING THROUGH IT
TOGETHER.
>> WE’RE GOING TO TALK MORE
ABOUT THE BOOK IN A MOMENT.
BUT FIRST WE HAVE A LITTLE PIECE
TO SHARE INSPIRED BY SOME OF
THOSE QUOTES. >> THIS JUST SPEAKS TO ME, A
>> THIS JUST SPEAKS TO ME, A
BOOK OF QUOTES BY HODA KOTB.
>> "BEING BRAVE ISN’T THE
ABSENCE OF FEAR. BEING BRAVE IS HAVING THAT FEAR
BEING BRAVE IS HAVING THAT FEAR
BUT FINDING A WAY THROUGH IT."
"GRIEF IS NOT A SIGN OF WEAKNESS
NOR A LACK OF FAITH.
IT IS THE PRICE OF LOVE.
WE NEVER GET OVER GREAT LOSSES.
WE ABSORB THEM AND THEY HARVEST
INTO DIFFERENT, OFTEN KINDER
CREATURES.
>> YOU’VE GOT THIS.
GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT.
>> YOU MUST TELL YOURSELF NO
MATTER HOW HARD IT IS OR HOW
HARD IT GETS, I’M GOING TO MAKE
IT."
>> BEAUTIFUL, LOOK AT YOU!
>> THERE ARE SHORT CUTS TO
HAPPINESS AND DANCING IS ONE OF
THEM.
>> A CANDLE LOSES NOTHING BY
LIGHTING ANOTHER CANDLE. >> SOMETIMES MIRACLES ARE JUST
>> SOMETIMES MIRACLES ARE JUST
GOOD PEOPLE WITH KIND HEARTS.
>> UNEXPECTED KINDNESS IS THE
MOST POWERFUL, LEAST COSTLY AND
MOST UNDERRATED AGENT OF HUMAN
CHANGE.
>>> WHATEVER YOU MUST DO TODAY,
DO IT WITH THE CONFIDENCE OF A
4-YEAR-OLD IN A BATMAN CAPE.
>> GRATITUDE UNLOCKS THE
FULLNESS OF LIFE.
IT TURNS WHAT WE HAVE INTO
ENOUGH AND MORE.
>> STRESSED SPELL BACKWARDS IS
DESSERT.
COINCIDENCE?
I THINK NOT.
>> WHEN I SAW YOU, I FELL IN
LOVE.
AND YOU SMILED BECAUSE YOU KNEW.
>> AFTER ALL THIS IS OVER, ALL
THAT WILL REALLY MATTER IS HOW
WE TREATED EACH OTHER.
>> ONE DAY YOU WILL WAKE UP AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WEIGHT OF
THE LAST FEW WEEKS, MONTHS OR
EVEN YEARS WILL BE LIFTED OFF
YOUR SHOULDERS.
YOU CAN’T CONTROL WHEN THAT DAY
COMES.
ALL CAN YOU DO IS STAY STRONG
AND TRUST THAT IT IS DEFINITELY
COMING.
>> WOW.
>> I LOVE THAT.
SO MUCH WISDOM AND HOPE.
THIS ONE -- YOU’VE DONE A QUOTE
BOOK BEFORE.
THIS ONE IS "THIS JUST SPEAKS TO
ME."
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU HEARD A
LOT WHEN PEOPLE SAY THAT ABOUT
THE QUOTES YOU FOUND?
>> WHEN I DID THE OTHER BOOK, I
WOULD GO TO BOOK SIGNINGS AND
PEOPLE WOULD SHOW UP WITH THEIR
OWN QUOTES AND PEOPLE WOULD SAY
I GOT ONE, HODA, I GOT ONE.
I STARTED TAKING THEIR QUOTES
AND PUTTING THEM IN A BOOK.
I WAS FEELING KIND OF CRUMMY
AFTER EVERYTHING THAT’S BEEN
GOING ON AND EVERY MORNING I
WOULD SEARCH FOR SOMETHING.
Y’ALL ARE ALL REALLY REPRESENTED
IN THIS BOOK.
YOUR PASTOR SAID SOMETHING TO
YOU, SAVANNAH, IT WAS LAST
CHRISTMASTIME
CHRISTMASTIME.
HE BASICALLY SAID YOU HAVE AN
ASSIGNMENT FOR THE NEXT TWO
WEEKS.
HE SAID CONSUME LESS OF
EVERYTHING BOTHERING YOU,
WHETHER IT’S TOO MUCH FOOD, TOO
MUCH NEWS.
AND THE NEXT WEEK YOUR PASTOR
SAID GIVE MORE.
AND I REMEMBER THAT AND SAID I
WANT TO GIVE THAT A TRY.
AND GOLDIE IS REPRESENTED IN THE
BOOK AND, AL, YOU’RE REPRESENTED
IN THE BOOK BECAUSE YOU’VE
CHANGED ME.
>> AND STRESSED SPELLED
BACKWARDS IS DESSERTS.
>> IT’S ONE THING TO READ A
QUOTE AND BE INSPIRED BUT HOW DO
YOU KIND OF INGEST IT AND ABSORB
IT AND MAKE IT LIVE WITH YOU
THROUGH THAT DAY?
>> HERE’S AN EXAMPLE.
BRIGITTE USED TO WORK HERE AND I
WAS COMPLIMENTING HER ONE DAY
AND I SAID YOU’RE AMAZING,
YOU’RE AMAZING.
I’M TERRIBLE AT TAKING
COMPLEMENTS.
SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID "I
RECEIVED THAT."
AND I THOUGHT HOW BEAUTIFUL.
I JUST DECIDED ONE DAY TO STOP
DEFLECTING COMPLIMENTS.
SO WHEN I MEET SOMEONE WHO GIVES
ME SOME WISDOM, I THINK IT DOES
KIND OF GO WITH ME AND I FEEL
LIKE THIS BOOK IS RIGHT ON TIME,
MAN.
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I NEED IT.
I’M GOING BACK AND READING IT
EVERY DAY BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE
WE’RE INUNDATED WITH A BUNCH OF
NOT GREAT STUFF AND I THINK
HOPEFULLY THIS ONE WILL --
>> WELL, YOU WERE WRITING THIS
DURING ONE OF THE WORST TIMES
WE’VE BEEN THROUGH.
I WOULD THINK IN A WAY IT WAS
KIND OF INSPIRING TO BE ABLE TO
READ THESE.
>> IT’S LIKE MR. ROGERS’ THING,
FIND THE HELPERS.
HOPEFULLY THIS BOOK WILL SHINE A
SPOTLIGHT ON THEM. >> WHERES TO YOU QUOTE HUNT?
>> WHERES TO YOU QUOTE HUNT?
>> EVERYWHERE.
PIN
PINTEREST, GOOGLE.
>> IS IT ON SALE TODAY ON PRIME?
>> IT SHOULD BE.
>> AGAIN, THIS IS CALLED "THIS
JUST SPEAKS TO ME."
WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU.