"Self pity becomes your oxygen. But you learned to breathe it without a gasp. So, nobody even notices you're hurting."

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Source : Paul Monette (2014). “Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story”, p.99, Open Road Media

Paul Monette

#Hurt Quotes #Self Esteem Quotes #Oxygen Quotes

“I guess I kind of lived in a fairytale world... looking at everything through rose-colored glasses. I probably always will, to a certain extent.”
“We don't need to explain our love. We only need to show it.”
“As far as the gambling debts on there, not one cent was any type of sports betting. It's just something obviously I'm not proud of because it drags a lot of other people into this than I'd want. It's something I'm continuing to deal with.”
“I am not merely satisfied in making money for myself, for I am endeavoring to provide employment for hundreds of women of my race. ... I want to say to every Negro woman present, don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!”
“They say that dog is man's best friend, and I think it's true. My dog does a lot of the same stuff my best friend does, like drool on my couch, mooch my food and hump my wife.”
“I love the round, the curves, the undulation, the world is round, the world is a breast”
“The wren and the nightingale sound nothing alike, but think how dull the world would be without the songs of both birds.-Miss Kanagawa”
“Every achiever that I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me'.”

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