Selfishly Selfless Novels & Stories

"You're so busy taking care of everyone else. The boys. Your writing. The diner. When do you take care of yourself?" "I don't need—" "Yes, you do. You're allowed to be selfish sometimes, Elizabeth. You're allowed to want things just for you." Selfish. He'd been telling me that for years. "Be selfish. Ask for help. Let people in." But I couldn't. Because being selfish meant admitting I wanted more than survival. And wanting more felt like betraying everything I'd lost. "Sam..." I didn't know what I was going to say. Didn't know how to explain the war inside me.

He had always wished and wanted to explore a lady in a manner which he had tagged illicit. Eugene was the man who, if he was financially buoyant, would always go for what he wanted and do whatever it was that he wanted to do without thinking about others. Yes, he was selfish in a not-too-good way, or rather, he was selfish in a godly way.

“Dude, you saw how I reacted to everything, and you still thought that I did not enjoy it?” He shrugged. “I mean, you could be lying, you know?” “Alright, that offended me.” “That's not what I meant,” he said immediately. “I was just worried that you might only be pretending that you enjoyed it because you didn't want me to feel bad, because you didn't want me to be disappointed. I am not sure if you know it, but you tend to do things, even ones you don't want, for the people you love and care about. You tend to pretend that you're fine with anything as long as it's for the ones you love. Because you don't want to hurt them and because you don't want to disappoint them. You tend to become se

"What is it about you that makes you think that you're an asshole? What makes you okay with thinking that about yourself?" She sits forward slightly, I remain reclined back in my seat. "I'm a very selfish person, I'm not known for being kind or considerate towards other people unless I get something out of it. And I'm comfortable with it because it takes the pressure off of me" I reason with her. Suddenly it seems to click with her, and she nods as she writes some words down on her page.

“But I think you are right at some point.” “That it’s bad to leave your husband on bed?” “No. That I am a selfish person.” In a way, I hope there’s a way to keep loving two men at the same time. That’s a kind of selfishness that I would not refute. “Then if you are selfish, that’s a good sign.” I felt the intense crumpling between my forehead as I stared at him who was smiling widely while staring at the sky. “Which part of it is a good sign?” I tossed a sharp question. “There’s no way that selfishness will result to good things.”

That's how he recognizes me and I, myself, know its point of certainty. "I always channel my emotions into my actions, myself, and my life. In that way, I don't hurt anyone but myself. You see Lieutenant, I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to wield and conquer them for my gain." "That's why you chose to be selfish? But what about the others in case who yearned your help?" I gaped at him and I nearly lost my balance when his eyes stood to prevail me with rigorous vigor. "Your emotions are the slave to your thoughts and you are the slave to your emotions. I stan with what is right rather than what is acceptable. I have the right to be selfish for my own good rather than be

“Then why should you?” The question rang in my head like and annoying bell, but he was right, everyone I could think about had been selfish at least once in their lives, my grandparents, my mother, even my father, so it was only fair that I got to be too, hell I wasn’t even being selfish, if I was, I’d have waked away from Lucas and let them suffer while I enjoyed my freedom, but instead I chose to protect their reputation, to sponsor their luxurious lifestyles like I’d been doing for the last couple of years, it wasn’t selfish, if anything I was being selfless, I’d given my life for theirs, they should have been crawling on the floor thanking and worshipping them. I was the reason they coul

King Damija asked, cocking his head to one side. “Because I'm selfish, and do not care what others think. If it seems good to me, then I'm fine with it even if it costs others something precious. " I'm an extremely selfish and self-centered person,” I said boldly, and bravely, before going over to stand with Elaine. Emily went last, and began checking out the mirrors, while I began to think of my mates, and all the ways in which I could have hurt them without knowing I did.

"We are both going to punished once when we get caught. We need to be extra careful." Ang dapat sanang matatakot ako dahil sa kaniyang sinabi. Hindi tuloy nangyari. Bagkus, parang mas gusto ko pang gumawa ng bawal... ng masama. Para lang marinig sa kaniya ang ganoong kataga. Selfishness or self-will is the manifestation of sin. True love is the antidote to self-centeredness. You will not commit sin with them or tempt them to commit sin if you genuinely love them. "Kung ako lang ang mapaparusahan ay ayos lang, kaya ko naman. Pero paano kapag saiyo na? Hindi ko mapapatawad ang sarili ko, Amari..."

I can't bear anymore now". Musa grabbed her chin hard and said looking into her eyes, "Don't be selfish. You are thinking for yourself. Two families are also bound with this relation of ours." Kiara looked at his narrowed eyes and said, “You are the selfish one ,Musa." Musa was confused at her words. He said, “To love someone is not called selfishness." Kiara freed her hands from his grip and grabbed his collar. She said venomously, " To love someone is not called selfishness but to have that person in the wrong way is called selfishness,Musa.As I know you ,No one is more selfish than you".