“The most difficult things to face in life are the things you do not like about yourself.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“The journey I'm taking is inside me. Just like blood travels down veins, what I'm seeing is my inner self, and what seems threatening is just the echo of the fear in my own heart.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“You're still very much yourself and nobody else. And you're forging ahead as yourself. So relax.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“All kinds of things are happening to me. Some I chose, some I didn't. I don't know how to tell one from the other anymore. What I mean is, it feels like everything's been decided in advance—that I'm following a path somebody else has already mapped out for me. It doesn't matter how much I think thin…”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Confidence is key - never feel like you are less than anyone because you have less than them, be confident in who you are and how you’re made.”— Ryan Pernofski, twitter.com
“You're allowed to change. You're allowed to be different. The past is in the past for a reason!”— Ryan Pernofski, twitter.com
“I try to pull myself together and pick up the scattered jigsaw puzzle pieces of me lying all around. This is a first, I think.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“I'm safe inside this container called me. With a little click, the outlines of this being—me—fit right inside and are locked neatly away. Just the way I like it. I'm where I belong.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Allow for the possibility that the best of you is still inside you, waiting to emerge. Prepare the way, bit by bit”— Lin-Manuel Miranda, twitter.com
“It's true, you do not have a father in this world, and you're going to meet all sorts of people who say stupid things to you about that. Unfortunately, the eyes of most people are clouded and unable to see the truth, Yoshiya, but Our Lord, your father, is the world itself. You are fortunate to live…”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“A fire can be any shape it wants to be. It's free. So it can look like anything at all depending on what's inside the person looking at it.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself. It's like your shadow. It follows you everywhere.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“I'll tell you why . . . It's because that box contains the something that was inside you. You didn't know that when you carried it here and gave it to Keiko with your own hands. Now, you'll never get it back.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Don't go seeking validation from anyone. Know your worth. Remind yourself if you ever forget.”— Letitia Wright, twitter.com
“The metamorphosis forces a concentration of the self upon itself that endangers the existence of the person.”— Walter Sokel, amazon.com
“If you are more present, you will have more chances to capture the pieces of whatever it is you're seeking. If you wrote one good sentence today that's wonderful. If you took a day to rest, that is productive in the long run. Lately, I've been realizing just how often I run myself into my boundaries…”— Jonny Sun, instagram.com
“Never forget, you were born perfect. Anything you deem as less than perfect is the result of social conditioning. Focus less on trying to change yourself & more on changing your perception.”— Ebonee Davis, twitter.com