Sana

“The desire to be loved is the last illusion
Give it up and you will be free.”
― Margaret Atwood

“Moreover, dissonance-evoking situations have been found to evoke a general negative affect without also evoking increased self-directed negative affect (Elliot & Devine, 1994) or decreased state self-esteem (E. Harmon-Jones, 2000a).”
― Eddie Harmon-Jones, Cognitive Dissonance: Reexamining a Pivotal Theory in Psychology

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
― Mark Twain

“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche