“ Once you embrace your value, talents and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you. Rob Liano
“ It is better to stay single and wait for the one that makes sense then to marry someone that makes absolutely no sense. The moment you settle is when the one person that makes all the sense in the wor… Shannon L. Alder
“ The way you think about yourself determines your reality. You are not being hurt by the way people think about you. Many of those people are a reflection of how you think about yourself. Shannon L. Alder
“ And yet is not mankind itself, pushing on its blind way, driven by a dream of its greatness and its power upon the dark paths of excessive cruelty and of excessive devotion. And what is the pursuit of… Joseph Conrad
“ She had said he had been driven away from her by a dream,--and there was no answer one could make her--there seemed to be no forgiveness for such a transgression.And yet is not mankind itself, pushing… Joseph Conrad
“ If the pursuit of perfection is a way to prove our worth, in the end the pursuit will only prove our imperfections. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ The trick. . .is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious issues of identity, self-loathing, and the possibility for intimacy and love when it seems no longer possible or… Wendy Wasserstein
“ How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a spectre through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat? Joseph Conrad
“ I am a dumb piece of meatand I rot everydaymy flesh gives a rotting smelland people say it's the smell of lifeand they come to meand watch me rotand get happy and upset and annoyed and disgusted and m… Daul Kim
“ Oh my life is so awful, it's just so awful to be me, you don't know what it's like waking every morning and finding the whole horror of being yourself still there. Iris Murdoch
“ I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself. Hermann Hesse
“ Although I know very little of the Steppenwolf's life, I have all the same good reason to suppose that he was brought up by devoted but severe and very pious parents and teachers in accordance with th… Hermann Hesse
“ I have nobody in the world. I'll kill myself. That's best. Everyone will say, It's for the best that she killed herself, she's better off dead . . . I hate myself so much I could spend hours and hours… Iris Murdoch
“ Yes, Eleanor loathed herself and yet required praise, which she then never believed. Hanif Kureishi
“ Your skin is your skin. Your legs are your legs. Your hair is your hair. Your smile is your smile. Your past is your past. You can waste your life hating these things, but you may as well learn to acc… Vironika Tugaleva
“ If you had a person in your life treating you the way you treat yourself, you would have gotten rid of them a long time ago... Cheri Huber
“ Being here alone with nothing to do, I've been thinking about myself too. Trying to understand why I hate myself so badly. Orson Scott Card
“ When you live with voices in your head, you are drawn inextricably to voices outside your head. Very often the voices work to confirm your worst suspicions. Or think of things you could never have ima… Emma Forrest
