Calm: Thoughts and Quotations for Every Day | Gift Book

Calmness of mind, wrote James Allen, is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. This small book takes him at his word and collects ninety-six pages of company for the days when calm feels a long way off.

Calm: Thoughts and Quotations for Every Day gathers motivational words from the world's best writers, leaders and thinkers into a format built for a single daily reading. There is no argument to follow and no chapters to keep track of. You open it, you read one thing, you get on with your day slightly steadier than you were. It works well alongside the interiors title Calm by Sally Denning if you want the idea applied to a home as well as a mind. How is it meant to be used?

One page at a time, in no particular order. Many people keep it by the kettle or on a desk and read a page while something boils. It is deliberately short, which is the point. What does it look like?

A 96-page hardback in a compact format of roughly 140 x 100mm, with a clean white cover and a small blue and gold floral motif. It is the sort of book that looks considered sitting out, which matters for something this size.

It makes a good small gift for a stressed friend, a teacher at the end of term, or a colleague who needs something on their desk that is not another mug. It also works as a stocking filler that does not feel like filler. See our Gift Ideas for the Bookworm for more in this size. Why You'll Love It

- One short reading a day, with no structure to keep up with
- Voices drawn from writers, leaders and thinkers across centuries
- Clean white hardback with a delicate floral detail
- Compact 96 pages, small enough for a desk or a bedside table
- An easy, well-priced gift that still feels chosen Styling the Shelf

White cover, small footprint, quiet presence. It disappears politely into a neutral shelf and lifts a darker one. Try it face out on a narrow ledge beside a small vase, or flat on a bedside table under a reading lamp. For something larger to sit beneath it, the Books collection. What it comes down to

Calm: Thoughts and Quotations for Every Day is a 96-page hardback from Summersdale collecting motivational words and quotations from celebrated writers, leaders and thinkers, designed to be read one page at a time. A small, well-made gift book available from Flux Boutique in Mount Maunganui with shipping across New Zealand.