“We are who we are, because of those we choose to love and because of those who love us.”
Variant: And I shall set this last truth down. We are who we are because of those we choose to love and because of those who love us.
Source: The Winter Ghosts
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“It's not those who are handsome we love, but those we love who are handsome.”
Source: War and Peace

“Just let us try
To give these moments back
To those we love
To those who will survive…”
Song lyrics, The Red Shoes (1993)
Context: p>Just being alive
It can really hurt
These moments given
Are a gift from time.Just let us try
To give these moments back
To those we love
To those who will survive…</p

“We see our better selves in the eyes of those who love us.”
Variant: Our hearts, they need a mirror, Tessa. We see our better selves in the eyes of those who love us.
Source: Clockwork Princess

Variant: We flatter those we scarcely know,
We please the fleeting guest;
And deal full many a thoughtless blow,
To those who love us best.

“Those who truly love us will never knowingly ask us to be other than we are”
Source: The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have