No one can make me feel inferior without it's consent.
my VIRTUE would not go to such lengths, if my vanity won't keep my company. . .
I am much better employed from every point of view, when I live solely for my own satisfaction, than when I begin to worry about the world. The world frightens me, and a frightened man is no good for anything.
This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole COMPLEX PACKAGE. Take me... or leave me. Accept me. or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I don't fit your idea of who I should be and don't try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to