
“Because I loved myself, I was loved.”
Becoming Light: Poems New and Selected (1991)
Monologue spoken by the pet canary of Pope Pius XII
Uccello cello cello
“Because I loved myself, I was loved.”
Becoming Light: Poems New and Selected (1991)
“If I let myself love you, I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself in front of you.”
Variant: No. If I let myself love you, I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself in front of you." - Dimitri
Source: Vampire Academy
“God help my neighbors if I loved them as I love myself.”
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Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)
“Did I love what I was doing, or did I love myself in doing it?”
Source: Bonds That Make Us Free: Healing Our Relationships, Coming to Ourselves
“I hate myself for loving you.”
Song lyrics, Planet Waves (1974), Dirge