Kate

“Because if you base your self-worth on what everyone else thinks of you, you hand all your power over to other people and become dependent on a source outside of yourself for validation. Then you wind up chasing after something you have no control over, and should that something suddenly place its focus somewhere else, or change its mind and decide you’re no longer very interesting, you end up with a full-blown identity crisis.”
― Jen Sincero, You Are a Badass®: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life

“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

“Happiness that comes at someone else's expense isn't happiness - especially if that someone else is precious to you.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism