“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
“We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.”
Nous aimons toujours ceux qui nous admirent; et nous n'aimons pas toujours ceux que nous admirons.
Maxim 294.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“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
“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
On Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (1831)
“The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them forever.”
