You cannot be happy if you constantly compete with others for public approval.

Breathtaking. That was the word, Liv decided, which had convinced her to wear the ludicrous outfit, because no one - not the one, solitary boyfriend she'd had during high school, or the leering frat...

Beauty isn't judged by the size of your jeans.

I do know that having smooth, unscarred skin does not make you beautiful. Shining like the brightest light in the dark does, though.

Home is where I am the least organized, I let go and become the truest version of myself; not because I don't care how I am perceived, rather, I know exactly how I am perceived and that gives me the...

It allows you to be yourself, good and bad. And it's a two - way street: you give and take equally.

Denying what you are didn't keep people from knowing what you are. And flaunting it isn't what saved you. Ykka takes a deep breath. The muscles in her jaw flex, relax. And that would be why I asked...

We don't look at the stars in the universe and say how tragic they are, how bruised they are, even though that is what they are. We look at them and speak of the beauty they contain. The inspiration...

It makes no difference where you go, there you are. And it makes no difference what you have, there's always more to want. Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what...

Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be. But for now, we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.

By the time I was old enough to figure out that I was simply introverted, it was a part of my being, the assumption that there is something inherently wrong with me. I wish I could find that little...

Imperfect, but Perfectly Loved

Yet she was still alive and she was here. Looking at herself in the mirror. And for the first time in her life, she respected what she saw. Bowing to her reflection, she said softly, Pleased to meet...

even found myself overlooking my own flaws, for the same reasons. I didn't need to try to be perfect or in control all the time. There really was no need to impress anyone.

I exist as I am, that is enough, If no other in the world be aware I sit content

The same love and graciousness as though I were a queen already and not wretched little Much-Afraid." Then she looked up into his face and for a little time could say no more, but at last she added,...

We're humans, so we're messy

What I'm trying to say, Garion,' Durnik continued seriously, 'is that you can't go through life being afraid of what you are. If you do that, sooner or later somebody will come along who'll...

You know, in my opinion, being ridiculous is sometimes even a good thing, and better than that: we can forgive one another more quickly, and acquire humility more quickly; after all, we can't...

When I think of identity, I think of our bodies and souls and the influences of family, culture, and community - the ingredients that make us. James Baldwin describes identity as "the garment with...

I would never be popular. I didn't want to be; I liked being shy. I'd never be the smartest or the hottest or the happiest. By eighth grade you start to figure out your limits.

I'm a witch. It's what we do. When it's nobody else's business, it's my business.

If people don't like you, or they think you're strange, then that's their problem.

I should have the ability to be happy with myself, to be satisfied with what I am. Not as queen, but with what I am.