#yours

But how could he admire Joyce’s lengthy, libidinal ‘yes’ so fervently and end up saying ‘no’ to his own life? I suppose that a lifetime spent hiding one’s erotic truth could have a cumulative renunciatory effect. Sexual shame is in itself a kind of death. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#death

Before you can be anything, you have to be yourself. That's the hardest thing to find. ↗

— E.L. Konigsburg

#self-discovery #self-discovery

We must be our own authentically unique truth, and question who we are, what created us, and what processes within us are alien and externally created. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#love-yourself #truth-in-you #uniqueness-of-individual #love

One less love is one less broken heart. ↗

— Madeline Vega

#love

An amazing thing happens when you stop seeking approval and validation: You find it. People are naturally drawn like magnets to those who know who they are and cannot be shaken! ↗

— Mandy Hale

#being-yourself #confidence #knowing-who-you-are #loving-yourself #seeking-validation

Single |sin•gle| (adjective) - Too fabulous to settle. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#being-single #fabulous #loving-yourself #not-settling #positive-thinking

Figure out what makes you laugh, and do more of it. Figure out what makes you cry, and do less of it. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#being-true-to-yourself #cry #crying #finding-yourself #happiness

It’s better to be a “misfit” than a “one-size-fits-all”! ↗

— Mandy Hale

#conformity #fitting-in #loving-yourself #misfit #not-fitting-in

A girl who truly knows herself is a girl that everybody else wants to know. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#confidence #finding-yourself #knowing-yourself #positive-thinking #self-acceptance

You cannot ask someone to like you or love you more than you like or love yourself. YOU have to set the standard. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#liking-yourself #loving-yourself #self-love #setting-the-standards #standards