Quotes About Individuality

If Islam was to be saved, it would be saved by the crazy ones.

It doesn't have to mean anything to you to mean something to me.

to think nothing about the opinion of his society (if he be in any sense a member) is to be unconsciously influenced by it.

She had grown older. And he loved her more now than he had loved her when he understood her better, when she was the product of her parents. What she was now was what she herself had decided to become.

Never compare your inside with somebody else's outside. -Gabe Singleton remembering his counselor's first advice-

No one in my family questions my desire, however inchoate or ineffable, because it's partly their desire too: this need to be self-sufficient and free at all costs.

Talk of you or me,' he told her, 'but never of 'us.

Power wants us numbered and not named, carded and not just remembering our name, address, telephone number, purpose, social security number, PIN, and so forth. Power has good reasons. As long as we have papers, we cohere;

Falling in love is different for everyone.

And are you unquestionably certain your haecceity is defined by your moniker?

Dear Woman, Sometimes you'll just be too much woman. Too smart, Too beautiful, Too strong. Too much of something that makes a man feel like less of a man, Which will make you feel like you have to be less of a woman. The biggest mistake you can make Is removing jewels from your crown To make it easier for a man to carry. When this happens, I need you to understand You do not need a smaller crown— You need a man with bigger hands.

THE MORE SHE FOUND HERSELF, THE LESS SHE FELT THE NEED TO FIND A MAN THAT MADE HER FEEL LIKE SHE WAS WORTHY. A MAN'S JOB IS NOT TO GIVE A WOMAN HER CROWN. IT IS ONLY THEIR JOB TO RESPECT IT. (Sign)

THE MORE SHE FOUND HERSELF, THE LESS SHE FELT THE NEED TO FIND A MAN THAT MADE HER FEEL LIKE SHE WAS WORTHY. A MAN'S JOB IS NOT TO GIVE A WOMAN HER CROWN. IT IS ONLY THEIR JOB TO RESPECT IT.

I feel sorry for hookers these days—how do they stand out anymore?

If I become the man you want, I wouldn't be the man I am.

In a deep psychological sense, we have no self unless we have a secret.

In a deep psychological sense, we have no self unless we have a secret. We grab for them whenever we begin losing ourselves in our social group or work or marriage. We reassert our identity as somebody apart.

Have you ever had a patient who didn't want to be gay?" "Yes." "Did you try to fix them?" "There was nothing to fix. I can't change someone's sexuality. I help them come to terms with who they are. I help them cope with their own nature.

I am neither good, nor bad, neither angel nor devil, I am a man, I am a vampire.

The only approved American models were James and Twain, neither of whom could be imitated.

There have always been people like you, Nicholas Flamel. People who think they know what's best, who decide what people should see and read and listen to, who ultimately try to shape how the rest of the world think and acts. I've spent my entire life fighting the likes of you.

No man is ever just one thing.

Tell me, storyteller, what is the greatest mistake a parent can make? -To believe that your children will be just like you

There have always been people like you, Nicholas Flamel. People who think they know what's best, who decide what people should see and read and listen to, who ultimately try to shape how the rest of the world thinks and acts. I've spent my entire life fighting against the likes of you.