“To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive.”
“I m just a kid, Chiron, I said miserably. What good is one lousy hero against something like Kronos? Chiron managed a smile. What good is one lousy hero ? Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain said something like that to me once, just before he single-handedly changed the course of your Civil War.”
“I can see us, living in the woods, her wearing that A, me with a S maybe, S for silent, S for stupid, for scared. S for silly. For shame.”
“What makes you think that I give a shit about your self-confidence?”
“Self-confidence is not the same thing as ego. This is not to say that the two don’t (frequently) dance hand in hand down the street, pushing over old ladies in crosswalks and kicking baby kittens. But they are definitely not the same entity. Ego is thinking you have all the answers. Self-confidence is knowing you don’t have the answers, but being pretty sure that you will be able to find them.”
“Suddenly I register that St. Clair is shorter than Josh. Much shorter. It’s odd I didn’t notice earlier, but he doesn’t carry himself like a short guy. Most are shy or defensive, or some messed-up combination of the two, but St. Clair is confident and friendly and—”
“And don t you let your guard down for a second because you think anything s inevitable.”
“the sight of me is good for sore eyes”
“If I am not for myself who is for me?”
“Don t ever let someone tell you the value you don t have, in order to be in someone s life. That is often the value they feel you have, not that person.”
“Вера в себя способна творить такие же чудеса, как вера в Господа Бога.”
“And lose my cock, balls and prostate? Are you kidding me? Honey, I’m still all man. I’m just a man with decoration,” Tommy had explained before turning with a flounce and practically floating out of the room in his heels.”
“Just be your own favorite person and then no one else s opinion really matters.”
“I am too lit to dim.”
“Perhaps it is easier For others To believe in you Than it is To believe In yourself.”
“As a human, you should not try and determine your worth in others — you find your worth in yourself and for yourself.”
“I think being yourself—your true, entire self— is always going to feel like you re swimming upstream.”