告诉
Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone telling you who you are.
A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.
Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.
The world is full of people who will tell you what you can't do. You don't need them. You already know what you can't do. What you need is someone to tell you what you can.
The world is full of people who will tell you what you can't do. What you must do is find the ones who will tell you what you can.
Sometimes, the wicked will tell us things just to confuse us–to haunt our thoughts long after we've faced them.
I might be in love with you. I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.
"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
"The truth is often more complicated than the stories we tell ourselves."
The truth is, we are all waiting for someone to take care of us. We are all waiting for someone to tell us what to do.
"The world is full of stories, but the ones that matter most are the ones we tell ourselves."
"In the end, all we have are the stories we tell ourselves."
Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories - and telling other people a somewhat different version of our stories.
"With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one—but no one at all—can tell you what to read and when and how."
You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject forever.