HighHellsInHell

“To sacrifice ourselves to God (to the highest good, if you like) does not mean to suffer silently and willingly when some person or organization demands more from us, consistently, than is offered in return. That means we are supporting tyranny, and allowing ourselves to be treated like slaves. It is not virtuous to be victimized by a bully, even if that bully is oneself.”
― Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

“He is always late. It has been the start of many quarrels, and there was a time when he thought it was carelessness on his part, before he realized it was some strange attempt at self-preservation, an intentional, albeit subconscious dawdling, a delay of the inevitable, uncomfortable necessity of showing up.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“There's nothing so off-putting to some people as someone who seems not to care whether anyone else approves of them. maybe it's resentment: I have bent for the greater good, to follow the rules, so why haven't you? You should care.”
― Emily Henry, People We Meet on Vacation

“I had an oversize sense of self-importance and absolutely no self-worth.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six