Sara

“We are not moved to change those things whose reality we deny.”
― Nathaniel Branden, The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem

“when a self-doubting, insecure person blindly persists in counterproductive behavior, clings to the illusory safety of compulsive inflexibility, and blames all misfortune on someone else.”
― Nathaniel Branden, The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem

“Do you know how many nights I begged—” “I heard you,” he says, and there is an awful pleasure in the way he says it. Addie sneers with rage. “But you never came.” The darkness spreads his arms, as if to say, I am here now. And she wants to strike him, useless as it is, wants to banish him, cast him from this room like a curse, but she must ask. She must know. “Why? Why did you do this to me?” His dark brows knit with false worry, mock concern.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“Once again we note that poor self-esteem can show up as lack of generosity toward the contributions of others or a tendency to fear their ability—and, in the case of a leader or manager, an inability to elicit their best from people.”
― Nathaniel Branden, The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem