In the Library with Rebecca Armstrong — CHANEL Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon

I've always been interested in reading. Ever since I was a kid,

everywhere I went, I always had a book:

on the plane, the bus, the car, I would always be reading.

I feel like you can learn so much about everything through just books.

In school, I would go to the library,

and that would be some of my favourite time of the day.

At library time, I'd borrow seven books and then return them

and get new books, every single week.

I'm a fast reader.

I like to go through many, many, many, books.

Sometimes I don't grasp all the information, as it's fast reading,

but if I find a book that I really love, it really just stays in my heart.

I highlight the words I like, or bookmark the page.

As kids, you had those bookmarks,

so you could colour them and make them personalized.

A book that left a big impression on me: The Strength in Our Scars.

It talks about healing from your past.

It happens to everyone, it's the normality of life.

Whether the scar is in your heart, whether it's mental or physical,

you should look at that as a growing experience.

And you should learn from that. I don't want to use the term "move on",

but move on, because life has so much to offer.

And there's actually, if I can, a quote I want to share here.

"You guard yourself from sadness,

"not realizing that you have closed yourself off

"to all the happiness the world is trying to give to you."

That is so true, because when you focus on just being sad,

you forget about all the people who are out there loving you.

You don't see that.

So I would say heal. Healing is the best thing to do.

The Courage to Be Disliked.

I think I can speak for everyone, and I think everyone will say the same,

that no one likes to be talked about or disliked.

You want to be loved, you want to be liked.

But that's not possible.

For you to be your true self and achieve your full freedom,

that comes with, maybe, having people dislike you.

I think that is actually worth it, because that's you enjoying your life.

Life is so short, so enjoy it to the fullest.