Much of the time I've spent trying to impress people has been a waste. The reality is people are impressed with all kinds of things: intelligence, power, money, charm, talent, and so on. But the ones we tend to stay in love with are, in the long run, the ones who do a decent job loving us back.

Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy (ed. Thomas Nelson Inc, 2015) - ISBN: 9781400203970