“The most important words we’ll ever utter are those words we say to ourselves, about ourselves, when we’re by ourselves”

“We are all substantially flawed, wounded, angry, hurt, here on Earth. But this human condition, so painful to us, and in someways shameful- because we feel we are weak when the reality of ourselves is exposed- is made much more bearable when it is shared, face to face, in words that have expressive human eyes behind them...”

“Mate after mate we find ourselves trying to adapt to who they want us to be till eventually we lose our true identity. We spend countless years learning each mate but never take the time to learn ourselves. In the end we know our mates better than we know ourselves. If and when the mate walks away we are stuck living with a stranger, ourselves. If u can't find comfort in urself how can anyone else find comfort in u?”

“We’re young, we’re not monsters, no fools: we’ll conquer happiness for ourselves.”

“We have to care what someone thinks of us. We are incapable of seeing ourselves [sometimes].”

“In other words, we are never freer than when we become most ourselves, most human, most just, most excellent, and the like.”

“Sometimes when we think we’re protecting ourselves, we’re really hurting ourselves. And sometimes the people around us too.”