Meh Day Quotes

What, you think Penryn’s sister can take on Godzilla instead?” asks Dum. Dee thinks about it. “Meh, probably not. Maybe her mom can, though.

I’m stupid in love with you, Sailor Brennan. Will you have my dumb ass? Flaws included. No returns.” “Fourteen business days to return said butt, and I get my full heart back if your performance is not to my satisfaction.” I started bargaining with him on live television. This was what we did. We bantered. His eyes lit up with mischief. “You never complained about the performance during your free trial period.” “Meh.” I shrugged. “It was free. Paying for something with hearts and other organs is a completely different matter.” “Fine. I believe in my product. You got yourself a deal.” He stood up in front of me. I reached my hand between us to shake on it. He took it and jerked me up, engulfing me in his huge arms.

Having what you want all the time is a hidden curse. You end up spending your days chasing the best things, only to have the most breathtaking experiences feel…meh. There’s no balance to make the pleasure enjoyable. You didn’t work for it. The release and joy that come from luxury are only felt when you earned it.

There are few moments in life as good as the one right before you open a present. When else is anyone so hopeful and naïve? Even after you’ve gotten enough presents in life to know that whatever’s in the box is probably not as great as you want it to be, you never really stop hoping. Or I hope you don’t. The day someone hands me a present and I think meh is the day it’s all over. If life has wrung you so dry you can’t get excited about presents, forget about it.

U always think me n treat me as tympass foh uh!! But one day u will realise that the tym passed with meh was d awesome tym foh uh n u can't get it back!!

think I could say without exaggerating that yesterday was the most exciting (and exhausting) day of my life. And they were So delicate, so tiny, so weird looking! How I itched to pick one up to look at it more closely, but when I got my hand too close to them, Meh didn’t like it one bit. Some of my friends were at my house with me when I discovered the babies.

No one molds a sculpture, invents a recipe, or designs a new building with the impulse of “Meh.” Emotions are the basis of all creativity. And resistance. So if a strong emotion comes up while working through this book, positive or negative, GO FURTHER INTO IT!

Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. Meh, who am I kidding? I’m always the nail.

KIDS ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK Children’s dopamine systems are primed for learning and exploration, but when they’re constantly entertained by screens, games, or sugary snacks, their brains get trained to expect high-dopamine rewards all the time. This means things like: Schoolwork? Boring. Playing outside? Meh. Reading a book? Snooze fest. A study found that children with high levels of screen exposure were more likely to show signs of ADHD-like symptoms, emotional dysregulation, and reduced intrinsic motivation (Hill et al., 2020). Not because screens are evil, but because their dopamine systems were getting too much, too fast, too often.