Austin

“When people cheat in any arena, they diminish themselves-they threaten their own self-esteem and their relationships with others by undermining the trust they have in their ability to succeed and in their ability to be true.”
― Cheryl Hughes

“The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!”
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

“Interestingly, mirrors not only encourage a deceptive self-focus but the very images they produce are themselves deceptive. The image you see in the mirror is actually a distorted representation of what you actually look like and who you are. Your mirror image is only one-half your actual size, and may be, as warned by Isaiah, an “image that is profitable for nothing” (Isaiah 44:10). The halving effect of mirrors may well be instructive in terms of representing only half of your being—in representing metaphorically only the temporal but not the spiritual. Mirrors cannot tell us much about ourselves.”
― LaNae Valentine, Why I Don't Hide Me Freckles Anymore