Self Esteen Quotes

“Society conspires against her from early infancy. Her brain is steadily filled with plaster until it sets: ‘If you’re not married by the time you’re twenty-five, you’ll have good reason to be ashamed’; ‘if you laugh, you won’t look dignified’ ; ‘if your face betrays your feelings, you’ll look coarse’; ‘if you mention the existence of a single body hair, you’re repulsive’ ; ‘if a boy kisses you on the cheek in public, you’re a whore’; if you enjoy eating, you’re a pig’; ‘if you take pleasure in sleeping, you’re no better than a cow’; and so on.

These precepts would be merely anecdotal if they weren’t taken so much to heart.”
― Amélie Nothomb, Stupeur et tremblements

“...I prefer rain -sometimes I feel sunlight will turn me to stone - perhaps I'm a Troll...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“You will never choose love greater than what you believe you deserve and what other insecure people tell your lack of self esteem to have faith in.”
― Shannon L. Alder