“I found active beauty in movement, in tradition, and in community—places where I could be seen as a peer, not looked at and judged.”— Natasha Ramoutar, thewalrus.ca
“Women who don’t develop an extra layer of confidence become victims. They wind up falling for jerks and losers — like I did.”— Jessica Wildfire, psiloveyou.xyz
“Everybody seems to be doing super great, and I'm kind of not.”— Mark Levin, Andrew Goldberg, Jennifer Flackett, Nick Kroll, Jessi Glaser (voice), Jessi Klein, imdb.com
“Lily Iglehart: To be clear, I don't want to have sex with you specifically. Just a human man with a penis. Otis Milburn: That's... great for my self-esteem.”— Laurie Nunn, Otis Milburn, Asa Butterfield, imdb.com
“Self-love is a process. It will require time. It will require patience. It will require change, solitude, pain and everything that isn’t much pretty in this life. But in the end, it will be worth it. It will be beautiful. It will be you.”— Juansen Dizon, juansendizon.tumblr.com
“Ryan: I love that you think I have enough self-esteem to be on Grindr.”— Ryan O’Connell, Ryan, Ryan O’Connell, imdb.com
“Everybody loves me, and I intend to keep it that way.”— Roger Kumble, Kathryn Merteuil, Sarah Michelle Gellar, imdb.com
“You have to be authentic, you have to be true, and you have to believe in your heart that this is going to work.”— Howard Schultz, hbr.org
“I’m a normal, nice person. A good person. I don’t have any bad intentions. And my past has to stay in the past.”— Lindsay Lohan, nytimes.com
“I look gorgeous. Let’s check out how you look today. Short and stubby nubby teeth out on full display. The pinkish red. What’s the thing on your head? And whoa—girl, you couldn’t look better.”— Blaise Hemingway, David Horvath, Kim Sun-min, Larry Stuckey, Moxy (voice), Kelly Clarkson, imdb.com
“Ain't no thing like me, 'cept me!”— Nicole Perlman, James Gunn, Rocket (voice), Bradley Cooper, imdb.com
“You are all better than you think you are. You are designed not to believe it when you hear it from yourself.”— Dan Harmon, Jeff Winger, Joel Mchale, imdb.com
“There's always going to be somebody who'll try to take your dignity and self-esteem. Just never let them take your voice.”— Catherine LePard, Rev. Eric Camden, Stephen Collins, imdb.com
“You shouldn’t like things because people tell you you’re supposed to.”— Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Jonathan Byers, Charlie Heaton, imdb.com
“It’s like you become more you, which normally is like ‘Blaaaaagh! Pow!’ But now it’s okay because the person, like, whoever—they chose to take all that on. All that weird stuff, whatever’s wrong, or bad, or hiding in you. Suddenly it’s alright. You don’t feel like such a freak anymore.”— Stephen Faulk, Suzanne Warren, Uzo Aduba, imdb.com
“What I'm trying to say is, it must be tough on you not being able to read, but it's not the end of the world. You might not be able to read, but there are things only you can do. That's what you gotta focus on—your strengths.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com