Whitley Bone

“I’ve said it numerous times, and I’m going to say it again: if you don’t love yourself, you have no business seeking love from others. Other people will exploit your need for love and affection for their own benefit; don’t hold that against them, just stay away from them.”
― Humble the Poet, Unlearn: 101 Simple Truths for a Better Life

“To be betrayed means someone didn’t live up to their end of the bargain. That bargain may have been assumed or explicit. Either way, promises are broken every day; ignoring this fact is the reason the broken promise stings so much. Expectations are the key ingredients in disappointment; the less you expect from others, the less they can let you down.”
― Humble the Poet, Unlearn: 101 Simple Truths for a Better Life

“They say that a person’s personality is the sum of their experiences. But that isn’t true, at least not entirely, because if our past was all that defined us, we’d never be able to put up with ourselves. We need to be allowed to convince ourselves that we’re more than the mistakes we made yesterday. That we are all of our next choices, too, all of our tomorrows.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People