But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilling yearnings.
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But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilling yearnings.
I must learn to love the fool in me the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries.
I don't need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely, Liz. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings.
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