I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than I shall get it of you: which I do not at all anticipate.

~ Charlotte Brontë

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The only real reason that some relationships and marriages have not yet been ended is because in each case one of the partners has not yet found their ideal partner or someone they love or at least like.

~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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Unless it is you, finding out who your lover’s dream lover is is a nightmare.

~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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The struggle to live up to an “ideal image” of who we should be in order to feel safe misdirects and depletes our energy.

~ Henna Inam

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