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“It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathing—they are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels. Without them I would never have disappeared into language, literature, the mind, laughter and all the mad intensities that made and unmade me.”
― Stephen Fry, Moab Is My Washpot

tags: body-image, books, depression, insecurity, isolation, language, laughter, literature, philosophy, self-consciousness, self-image, self-loathing, shame, social-anxiety

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“If you had a person in your life treating you the way you treat yourself, you would have gotten rid of them a long time ago...”
― Cheri Huber, There Is Nothing Wrong with You: Going Beyond Self-Hate

tags: self-hate, self-hatred, self-loathing

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“When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

tags: hate, self-loathing

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“Humility is my table, respect is my garment, empathy is my food and curiosity is my drink. As for love, it has a thousand names and is by my side at every window.”
― Tariq Ramadan, The Quest For Meaning

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