Hemalatha

“You can’t choose who another person is, but you can choose who you want to associate with. You can choose who you want to befriend, who you want to date, who you want to work for. You can’t control others, but you can control your choices and responses to them. It’s far easier to choose kind people than to choose an unkind person and try to change them into a kind person.”
― Emily Maroutian, In Case Nobody Told You: Passages of Wisdom and Encouragement

“You deserve to be safe. You deserve to be healthy. You deserve a healthy and long life full of happiness and love. You deserve to have your needs met. You deserve to be listened to and respected. You deserve everything you wish for the people you love. That’s self-care and self-love.”
― Emily Maroutian, The Energy of Emotions: The 10 Emotional Environments and How They Shape the World Around Us

“You’ll learn more than you ever imagined if you see the world through beliefs rather than right and wrong.”
― Emily Maroutian, In Case Nobody Told You: Passages of Wisdom and Encouragement

“How you treat others is your responsibility. No one can make you lose your integrity, act out of character, rage, or become violent without your permission.”
― Emily Maroutian, A Second Opinion: Theories and Observations on Life and Human Behavior