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“You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.”

“As Isabel acted out her date, both of them laughing, I stayed in the kitchen, out of sight, and pretended she was telling me, too. And that, for once, I was part of this hidden language of laughter...”

“If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget...”

“I knew from experience that no matter how much you turn things in your head, trying to make sense of them, some people just defy all logic.”

“Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine.”

“Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.”

“Self acceptance is a key factor in life.”

“To say "I love you" one must know first how to say the "I".”

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“You will act like the sort of person you conceive yourself to be.”

“Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.”

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