“The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.”
“It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imaginative exercise, no matter how true.”
“The brain that doesn't feed itself, eats itself.”
“Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.”
— Gore Vidal
“To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves—there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.”
— Joan Didion
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. People know themselves much better than you do. That's why it's important to stop expecting them to be something other than who they are.”
—Maya Angelou
“Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.”
— Mr. Rogers
“If you don't have wrinkles, you haven't laughed enough.”
— Phyllis Diller
“I’d rather smoke crack than eat cheese from a tin.”
“You know, crack might be extreme, but spray cheese is not my kind of party.”
— Gwyneth Paltrow
Also when my therapist said resentment is a feeling of self-betrayal…