Rita

“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
― Plato

“To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility.”
― Patrick Ness, Monsters of Men

“Where I had felt a victim, I had become a determiner by recognizing I had choices. When considering a purchase, I stopped saying, "I can't afford it," and started saying, "That's not where I want to spend that amount of money.”
― Oriah Mountain Dreamer, The Dance: Moving To the Rhythms of Your True Self