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Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy

Book by Donald Miller · 4 quotes · People, World, Intimacy

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Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy Quotes

“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.”

“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.”