It's the soul that's starving, not the body

— Shoshana Kobrin

Men are a compilation of every experience and relationship they have ever lived through. Some experiences have bettered your man while others have battered him. The man standing before you is the result of a lifetime of surviving.

— Dave Samples

Most of our addictions [shopping, food, bad relationships] as women flare up when we feel that we are not loved or sought after.

— John Eldredge

No one is entitled to anything. Everything we get in this life we have worked for. And sometimes we take on baggage we never even signed up for, but that doesn't mean you deserve it. I wake up everyday wishing I could change things, but I can't change past. All I can do is change the future.

— E.M. Youman

Not all addictions are rooted in abuse or trauma, but I do believe they can all be traced to painful experience. A hurt is at the center of all addictive behaviors. It is present in the gambler, the Internet addict, the compulsive shopper and the workaholic. The wound may not be as deep and the ache not as excruciating, and it may even be entirely hidden—but it’s there. As we’ll see, the effects of early stress or adverse experiences directly shape both the psychology and the neurobiology of addiction in the brain.

— Gabor Maté

Over-the-counter ‪‎drug‬ ‪‎abuse‬ or addiction was a problem that I observed at Mauna Kea

— Steven Magee

Promises from Lo are like bars at 2 a.m.--empty.

— Krista Ritchie

She had her addictions and one of them was reading.

— Jeannette Walls

The easiest thing is to say no. What's not so easy is telling yourself to stop.

— Alix

The idea of sin being able to deceive us, suppressing truth so that we believe a lie, should send shivers down our spines. It is one thing to deceive other people. That is scary enough. It is even more frightening when we realize that each lie we tell leaves us more self-deceived. All practiced sin teaches us to believe lies. WE don't often consider the boomerang effect of our deception. In the end it will get us.

— Edward T. Welch