Cherish

“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them”
― Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island

“I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you.' ... There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.”
― Maya Angelou

“You'd be surprised at what you'd do to stay alive.”
― Brent Weeks, The Way of Shadows

“Life is meaningless, when we take a life we take nothing of value.”
― Brent Weeks, The Night Angel Trilogy