I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me.

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"Woman is shut up in a kitchen or in a boudoir, and astonishment is expressed that her horizon is limited. Her wings are clipped, and it is found deplorable that she cannot fly. Let but the future be opened to her, and she will no longer be compelled to linger in the present."

- Simone de Beauvoir

Awareness

"One is not born a woman, one becomes one."

- Simone de Beauvoir

Awareness

"The secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and likeness."

- Simone de Beauvoir

Awareness

"One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion."

- Simone de Beauvoir

Compassion

"One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman."

- Simone de Beauvoir

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"The worth of a person lies in their character, not in their looks."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Integrity

"Be content to act, and leave the talking to others."

- Baltasar Gracian

Integrity

"Fake people have an image to maintain. Real people just don’t care."

- Hachiman Hikigaya

Integrity

"What is right? What is wrong? In this mixed up world, deciding what is right and wrong is not easy. You can’t just go by somebody else’s rules. If you let yourself be controlled like that, you’ll just become a puppet that can’t make decisions on its own. You have to live by your rules."

- Gintoki Sakata

Integrity