Don Miguel Ruiz Quotes

Never love someone whom you think you need to mend – or who makes you feel like you should be mended. There are boys out there who look for shining girls; they will stand next to you and say quiet things in your ear that only you can hear and that will slowly drain the joy out of your heart. The books about vampires are true, baby. Drive a stake through their hearts and run away.

It was very exciting for her, taking his dignity away in the name of love.

I thought I was being loved because I was being altered.

People don't have any mercy. They tear you limb from limb, in the name of love. Then, when you're dead, when they've killed you by what they made you go through, they say you didn't have any character. They weep big, bitter tears - not for you. For themselves, because they've lost their toy.

For so long, I was controlled and manipulated by other people. Whatever people think of me, I'm finally doing what I want to do.

To find freedom and happiness in each others' arms, or you know, inside their own bodies and minds. That is a very empowering thing in a society that's trying to control us all the time.

If I love you, is that a fact or a weapon?

I didn't know that being in a relationship meant you had to be nice. I thought it meant you had to hack away at the other person until they were beaten down and then were too afraid to leave.

I love someone who tries to boss me around.

Abuse is the means in which violence retards love.

I guess my personality is that of a modern, strong Chinese woman. I don't believe in destiny. There are many things that can be changed. I don't like to be defeated by difficulties. I love freedom, so when I am shaping a character, I usually do it the way I want. I always find some part of my own character in a role.

I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

People want more power over their own lives. That's not just true in Britain, it's true around the world.

He is great enough that is his own master.

People ought to have more control over their lives.

It is the privilege of those who fear love to murder those who do not fear it!

Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.

We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.

It's possible for people to gain control of every facet of your life.

Nothing is stopping me from doing what I love to do.

I have learned to do what I want without hurting anyone. I've learned how to get away with it, with everything. I'm getting away with what I'm trying to do on film but also in my own way.

Nobody should feel like they can force themselves into your life how it suits them when it's toxic and unwanted.

I'm my own player.

At the age of 19, the day after I graduated high school, I moved to a place where it snowed, and I became a massage therapist. With this job, all I needed were my hands and my massage table by my side and I could go anywhere. For the first time in my life, I felt free, independent, and completely in control of my life.