I'm being very selfish with myself right now. Taking care of me, feeding my own soul.

—Debbie Macomber in A Girl's Guide to Moving On

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Debbie Macomber (born October 22, 1948) is an American author of romance novels and contemporary women's fiction. Six of her novels have become made-for-TV movies and her Cedar Cove series of novels was adapted into a television series of the same name. Macomber was the inaugural winner of the fan-voted...

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Their relationship wouldn't be easy and the realities of a future with him were intimidating. Yet the strength of her attraction overcame her doubts.

—Debbie Macomber in Twenty Wishes

Maybe money can't buy love—but it can get you practically everything else.

—Debbie Macomber in The Perfect Christmas

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Sometimes, I think we're afraid to admit we want certain things. Especially things that contradict the image we have of ourselves.

—Debbie Macomber in Twenty Wishes

What upset her most was the cold-blooded way he'd dismissed her from his life. It seemed so easy for him, so… simple. She was gone for him, as if she meant nothing. That hurt, and it didn't stop hurting.

—Debbie Macomber in 5-B Poppy Lane

I think sometimes we love so deeply, so profoundly, that anything else pales by comparison.

—Debbie Macomber in The Trouble with Angels

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More quotations tagged with “selfishness”

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.

The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted, yet everyone takes the happy person for granted. No one is careful of his feelings or tries to keep his spirits high. He seems self-sufficient; he becomes a cushion for others. And because happiness seems unforced, that person usually gets no credit.

—Gretchen Rubin in The Happiness Project

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Self-love, self-respect, self-approval, and self-worth do not equal self-ish.

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

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To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

—Gustave Flaubert

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The more we take the welfare of others to heart and work for their benefit, the more benefit we derive for ourselves. This is a fact we can see. And the more selfish we remain and self-centered, the more selfish our way of life is, the lonelier we feel and the more miserable. This is also a fact we can see.

—14th Dalai Lama

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