“Sometimes it's okay to give yourself a pat on the back and say, 'That was cool. That made me feel good.'”

“I think I still have something to give. There is still that passion, that fire in me that says, ‘Let’s feel sorry for yourself for a day or so and let’s get back at it. Let’s get back on the horse.”

“As someone who has been a carer, I can say that you will often find yourself at the end of your tether and ranting over cups of tea. You have to remember that and then you're fine, because no one pats themselves on the back at the end and says: "Good job."”

“Clary sat back. "You don't just get to say no."
"This plan involves me! I get to say no! No."
"Simon -"
Simon patted the seat beside him as if someone were sitting there. "Let me introduce you to my good friend No.”

“Loosing your love is okay
loosing your best friend is okay
but loosing yourself for getting them back is not okay.”

“Everybody feels these moments of sadness and moments of loss and sometimes I think everybody can relate to sitting alone and feeling like crap and a friend of yours comes up and starts like, you know, 'Come on, feel happy,' and you don't want that. Sometimes its alright to let yourself be upset about something and so that you can show yourself that regardless of how low you feel, you can always rise out of it, but not at the moment. And so the song ends with the lyric, 'I believe we all fall down' but I don't say 'but we we get back up'. It's just, sometimes you fall down and sometimes you fell low, and that's okay.”

“I'd like to thank myself, and congratulate myself, and give myself a big pat on the back.”

“Egocentrics are attracted to the inept. It gives them one more excuse for patting themselves on the back.”

“Don't wrench your shoulder out of its socket trying to pat yourself on the back," Beldin said sourly.”

“sometimes what you miss the most is the way a loved one made you feel about yourself.”