One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
EpictetusThe reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
Francois de La RochefoucauldI prefer stories about people who are, in a sense, trying to find better versions of themselves.
Curtis HansonOur fears are groomed for us and implanted within us by others who did the same for themselves...
Craig D. LounsbroughLet the poets cry themselves to sleep, and all their tearful words will turn back into steam.
Conor Oberst