[bombcar]

One of the things I’ve heard, and found to be true, is that if you don’t love yourself it’s going to be terribly hard for others to love you

[munificent]

It tickles me that this quote came from a YA novel of all places, but in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Chbosky writes "We accept the love we think we deserve".

If that isn't one of the deepest aphorisms on psychology out there, I don't know what is.