Simina Iov

“We cannot let the haters of this world define us. Or frighten us into no longer being ourselves.”
― Mary E. DeMuth, Everything: What You Give and What You Gain to Become Like Jesus

“The automatic, natural contact with his own emotions and needs gives an individual strength and self-esteem. He may experience his feelings—sadness, despair, or the need for help—without fear of making the mother insecure. He can allow himself to be afraid when he is threatened, angry when his wishes are not fulfilled. He knows not only what he does not want but also what he wants and is able to express his wants, irrespective of whether he will be loved or hated for it.”
― Alice Miller, The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self

“It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.”
― John Joseph Powell, The Secret of Staying in Love

“Being in a relationship doesn’t entitle you to anything. You don’t get what you expect, you get what you create.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience