“What counts in battle is what you do when the pain sets in.”
“If you have wonderful moments, don't second-guess them, just enjoy them.”
“The poorer your self-esteem and the lower your self-confidence, the more easily negative feelings can overwhelm ordinary good sense.”
“We are all hungry for love, acceptance and belonging. Rejection can still feel like death.”
“Once upon a time, loss of love, rejection, weakness and loss of territory all meant death. Now it just feels that way.”
“Feelings can have a life of their own and you have very little direct control over them, except perhaps to make them worse.”