I don't know why it is, exactly, but the people with the healthiest self-esteem, are also the greatest at intimacy. I'm not talking about arrogant people. I'm talking about people who know they are both good and bad yet believe at the deepest level they are really good for people.

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