"We're so concerned with the idea of what we ought to be that we fail to take into account the things that make us who we really are."

Self, Identity, Authenticity, Perception

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"We're so concerned with the idea of what we ought to be that we fail to take into account the things that make us who we really are."

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"Accept yourself irrespective of your imperfection and express your skills."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Self, Acceptance, Self-love, Imperfection, Skills

"Those who seek to listen to their own inner voice forget to listen to the judgment of others."

Vironika Tugaleva, Ukrainian Author

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"Lara Jean, why do you have to remember every little thing? It's not healthy."

Jenny Han, American Novelist

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"It is better to be than belong."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Blame doesn't empower you. It keeps you stuck in a place you don't want to be because you don't want to make the temporary, but painful decision, to be responsible for the outcome of your own life's happiness."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Self, Regret, Power, Truth, Life

"There is no way to genuinely, powerfully, truly love yourself while crafting a mask of perfection."

Vironika Tugaleva, Ukrainian Author

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"I wash myself clean of guilt, of pain, of fear, of emotion. I am the ocean. I am empty. I am nothing."

Kiersten White, American Author

Self, Emptiness, Solitude, Reflection

"Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts."

Elizabeth George, American Author

Self, Thought, Action, Character, Fate

"It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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"Honesty can force any dysfunction in your life to the surface. Are you in an abusive relationship? A refusal to lie to others " How did you get that bruise? " would oblige you to come to grips with this situation very quickly. Do you have a problem with drugs or alcohol? Lying is the lifeblood of addiction. If we have no recourse to lies, our lives can unravel only so far without others noticing.Telling the truth can also reveal ways in which we want to grow but haven't."

Sam Harris, American Author

Self, Honesty, Truth, Relationship

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"But fairytales were, at best, dirty mirrors whose warped and pitted surfaces reflected a highly distorted view of the truth, quite different from reality."

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"Hatred is as easy as slipping on a well-worn woolen cloak. If only it provided the comfort of one."

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"They said the shape-shifters fucked with the enthusiasm of animals-if they didn't devour you with the enthusiasm of one first."

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"A woman isn't a whore for wanting pleasure. If it were unnatural, we would not be born with such drives."

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"I feel I could kill. I feel that I might like it. And I know that this should scare me. But it doesn't. It excites me. I am in Plato's cave, watching the shadows and fraught with the desire to hunt what casts them."

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"Happiness is such a fragile thing, isn't it? So easily burst, like a bubble blown by a child, and always on the verge of being carried away."

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"Accept yourself irrespective of your imperfection and express your skills."

"Those who seek to listen to their own inner voice forget to listen to the judgment of others."

"Lara Jean, why do you have to remember every little thing? It's not healthy."

"It is better to be than belong."

"Blame doesn't empower you. It keeps you stuck in a place you don't want to be because you don't want to make the temporary, but painful decision, to be responsible for the outcome of your own life's happiness."

"There is no way to genuinely, powerfully, truly love yourself while crafting a mask of perfection."

"I wash myself clean of guilt, of pain, of fear, of emotion. I am the ocean. I am empty. I am nothing."

"Our actions, habits, character, and future are most definitely affected by our thoughts."

"It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself."

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"Life's a party. So smile and eat shit and pretend it's fucking caviar."

"That's life. Life is the ultimate game, and its rules were made to be broken."

"She said my glasses made me look like a butch jock's locker room bitch."

"But fairytales were, at best, dirty mirrors whose warped and pitted surfaces reflected a highly distorted view of the truth, quite different from reality."

"Hatred is as easy as slipping on a well-worn woolen cloak. If only it provided the comfort of one."

"They said the shape-shifters fucked with the enthusiasm of animals-if they didn't devour you with the enthusiasm of one first."

"A woman isn't a whore for wanting pleasure. If it were unnatural, we would not be born with such drives."

"I feel I could kill. I feel that I might like it. And I know that this should scare me. But it doesn't. It excites me. I am in Plato's cave, watching the shadows and fraught with the desire to hunt what casts them."

"Happiness is such a fragile thing, isn't it? So easily burst, like a bubble blown by a child, and always on the verge of being carried away."