„A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.“

— Haruki Murakami

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„I'm tired of living unable to love anyone. I don't have a single friend - not one. And, worst of all, I can't even love myself. Why is that? Why can't I love myself? It's because I can't love anyone else. A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else. Do you understand what I am saying? A person who is incapable of loving another cannot properly love himself.“
— Haruki Murakami
„Love for the joy of loving, and not for the offerings of someone else's heart.“
— Marlene Dietrich
„But, when the chips are down, its better to be furious with someone you love, or frightened for someone you love, than be put through the merciless horror of being ashamed of someone you love.“
— James Baldwin
„How can anyone love someone who is less than a full person, unless love itself is domination per se?“
— Andrea Dworkin
„Love can only be found through the act of loving.“
— Paulo Coelho
„I'm tired of watching you be in love with someone else someone who will never love you back, not the way I do.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Love is an act of faith in another person, not an act of surrender.“
— Paulo Coelho
„Love is not to be found in someone else but in ourselves; we simply awaken it. But in order to do that, we need the other person.“
— Paulo Coelho
„For that was love, wasnt it--to burn bright in someone else's eyes?“
— Cassandra Clare
„To love without knowing how to love wounds the person we love.“
— Thich Nhat Hanh