“He was demanding. He always would be. But sometimes, he was so vulnerable and she realized she had power in the relationship as well. She hadnt expected that. He was as vulnerable to her as she was...”

“I have to figure out why I worked at a job I hated for years. I have to find out why I cant see what everyone else sees in me. I dont feel beautiful. When I look in the mirror, I never saw beautifu...”

“He rarely smoked, but once in a while, like now, when his world had been shaken, his woman nearly killed in front of his eyes, and hed watched a house consume a man and spit him out, he figured a d...”

“When Jackson used that particular tone of voice, men died, pure and simple.”

“It’s hard to feel desire when you don’t feel desirable”

“When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.”

“If I discover within myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”

“sex is the consolation you have when you can't have love”

“Loving yourself isn't just about celebrating your accomplishments and nurturing your talents. Those things are nice, sure. But that's not how we know others love us. We know others love us when the...”

“Learning to love yourself is like learning to walkessential, life-changing, and the only way to stand tall.”

“Love yourself enough to have a meaningful life.”

“What work a person does to earn a viable income shapes their thinking patterns, buttresses their sense of self-worth, and affects how they adapt to predictable and unpredictable obstacles.”

“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.”