"He who trims himself to suit everyone
will soon whittle himself away."
    ~Raymond Hull


"God has given you one face,
and you make yourself another."
    ~William Shakespeare


"It takes courage to grow up
and become who you really are."
    ~e.e. cummings


"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself
to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of
your life; define yourself."
    ~Harvey Fierstein


"There is just one life for each of us: our own."
    ~Euripides


"Wherever you go, go with all your heart."
    ~Confucius


"When one is pretending the entire body revolts."
    ~Anais Nin


"It is better to be hated for what you are
than to be loved for something you are not."
   ~Andre Gide





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