#elf

Quid nomen tibi est? She was not about to offer her name up to a stranger. It was almost the only thing she possessed that nobody had stolen. ↗

— Ruth Downie

#self-possession #self-worth #strength-of-a-woman #strength-through-adversity #freedom

Who I am” cannot be define by the word MAN. Who I am surpasses the definitions of humanity trying to capture that which is free and vast. ~Quetzal~ ↗

— Martin Suarez

#greatness #i-am #i-am-free #true-self #freedom

The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd. ↗

— Epicurus

#forced #into #most #should #time

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#compassion #considers #crumbs #full #himself

If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather. Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#depression #friendship #life #self-help #friendship

The most valuable gift you can receive is an honest friend. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#friendliness #friends #friendship #friendship-and-love #friendship-true-and-loyal

...friendship is something you do. ↗

— Nuala O'Faolain

#friendship

I think the main thing I remembered throughout all of filming it was just that she just was extremely self-destructive. I think everybody can relate to that a little bit. She doesn't like herself. ↗

— Shannyn Sossamon

#everybody #extremely #filming #herself #i

Jimmy put in a word and told them that if I made it, I wouldn't be able to live with myself without paying them back. That I'd sooner die than owe anyone money for helping me. Apparently Jimmy knew more about me at that point than I knew about myself. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#friendship #rehab #self-awareness #friendship

We are trapped here up on this wall by an evil beyond comprehension. It is here that we are damned to remain for all eternity, under the grime of centuries, beyond time. When even the paint falls off and these prison-canvases are bare again… well, then we are in limbo,” the poor man opened his eyes wide giving them a ghostly look. ↗

— Nathalie M. Leblanc

#friendship-true-and-loyal #magic #self-esteem #shrinking-forward #friendship