Elena Claudia

“The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.”
― Bette Midler

“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

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves

“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
― Soren Kierkegaard