Jay Stoos

“Narcissists are consumed with maintaining a shallow false self to others. They're emotionally crippled souls that are addicted to attention. Because of this they use a multitude of games, in order to receive adoration. Sadly, they are the most ungodly of God's creations because they don't show remorse for their actions, take steps to make amends or have empathy for others. They are morally bankrupt.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“If my fall made you smile, you might not want to witness what's about to happen when I get up.”
― Yvonne Pierre, The Day My Soul Cried: A Memoir

“One can only return to the fact that even the most ordinary, good-hearted, intelligent people are literally prone to believing the most blatantly nonsensical untruths. And this comes from the realization that there are some opinions and some beliefs so incredibly inane, we may actually on occasion feel insane for not believing them; and that is probably because in giving the benefit of the doubt we self-doubt, we convince ourselves into lame passivity and blind acceptance, we tell ourselves, 'Maybe I'm just missing something here.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“As I'd seen over and again, people who see themselves as victims sometimes don't notice when they become oppressors.”
― Souad Mekhennet, I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad