I think where I am not, therefore I am where I do not think. I am not whenever I am the plaything of my thought; I think of what I am where I do not think to think.

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"When one loves, it has nothing to do with sex."

- Jacques Lacan

Love

"What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe?"

- Jacques Lacan

Love

"I love you, but, because inexplicably I love in you something more than you - the object petit a - I mutilate you."

- Jacques Lacan

Love

"Love is giving something you don't have to someone who doesn't want it."

- Jacques Lacan

Love

"There is something in you I like more than yourself. Therefore, I must destroy you."

- Jacques Lacan

Self-awareness

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"Beauty is not about physical perfection, but about authenticity and confidence."

- Beauty and the Beast

Self-awareness

"Beauty is found in the unique qualities that make us who we are."

- Beauty and the Beast

Self-awareness

"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."

- Lily Tomlin

Self-awareness

"Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears."

- Laird Hamilton

Self-awareness

"True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less."

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