Quotes About Individuality

Being lesbian isn't a way of life, it's a trivial attribute that doesn't change your character.

Oh, child. The best thing is to know. I always tell 'em, best to be who you is. What you is deep down inside. Ain't no other good way of livin'.

Eventually you have to stop letting people define you and start defining yourself. It's a lesson I'm both teaching and learning.

All of life is quilted from the scraps of what once was and is no more- the places we have been, the memories we have made, the people we have known, that which has been long loved but has grown threadbare over time and can be worn no longer. We keep only pieces. All colors, all shapes, all sizes. "All waiting to be stitched into the pattern only you can see.

When I'm with him, I feel like a completely different person. I like the way this person feels. And then I wonder - is this the person I really am? How can you know for certain what parts of yourself are authentic and what parts you've invented to make life bearable?

best to be who you is. What you is deep down inside. Ain't no other good way of livin'.

No two readers read the same book, because we all see the words through different eyes, filter the story through different life experiences

Other people's judgment doesn't have any power unless you offer yourself up for trial, so don't." Zoey

reaction to something I've done, not that they're just doing their thing.

think. The great thing about literature is that it's subjective. No two readers read the same book, because we all see the words through different eyes, filter the story through different life experiences.

I've been giving them all the control, but when you get right down to it, what should matter is whether or not you can live with who you are." What should matter is whether or not you can live with who you are.

Eventually you have to stop letting people define you and start defining yourself. It's a lesson I'm both teaching and learning. Name yourself. Claim yourself. Classroom Constitution, Article Twelve.

The best thing is to know. I always tell 'em, best to be who you is. What you is deep down inside. Ain't no other good way of livin'.

The best thing is to know. I always tell 'em, best to be who you is. What you is deep down inside.

When we lose our stories, we lose ourselves.

Sooner or later, you have to shed your family's expectations and run the race on your own.

May turns to me with purpose, stretches intimately close as if she plans to impart a secret. "A woman's past need not predict her future. She can dance to new music if she chooses. Her OWN music. To hear the tune, she must only stop talking. To herself, I mean. We're always trying to persuade ourselves of things.

What my parents kept failing to understand was how happy I was when I was alone with my books. There was no pressure to perform or be cute, and books never disappoint — unless, of course, you've chosen a bad one. But then, you can always put it down and pick up another one without any repercussions.

You shall not twist my bones into a star's shape, nor plant my hair as roots for the dreams of the living; and if you open my heart and run your poet's fingers over its walls and cushions you will find it is like yours, dark.

I will not return to a universe of objects that do not know each other, as if islands were not the long lost children of one great continent

Is my name V? No... Then why would I follow U?

One question:do you want to hang ten or BE a ten?"-Massie Block

Do I look like a Jonas Brother? Then why is everyone waiting for me to lose it?

Stiletto, I look at it more as an attitude as opposed to a high-heeled shoe.