“It wasn't that she didn't believe in love; but she no longer believed in it for herself.”

“Told her she was beautiful. Didn't give up when she didn't believe me.”

“She didn't know how to love, to give herself to someone, to out herself in someone else's keeping and take him into hers. She didn't trust anyone with her heart - or the darker places of her soul.”

“She no longer believed in talk. It never rescued anything.”

“Y'all don't treat women fair
She read about herself in the bible
Believing she the reason sin is here”

“Deep in her heart, she wasn't sure she deserved to be happy, nor did she believe that she was worthy of someone who seemed… normal.”

“Katie smiled and turned away, knowing it wasn't an illusion or a figment of her imagination. She knew what she saw. She knew what she believed.”

“Yes, Eleanor loathed herself and yet required praise, which she then never believed.”

“Maybe this is why Misty loved him. Loved you. Because you believed in her so much more than she did. You expected more from her than she did from herself.”

“So she sat on with closed eyes, and half believed herself in Wonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again, and all would change to dull reality.”