Quotes About Individuality

And now I awaken, for I am both yours and mine.

I show that I have understood a writer only when I can act in his spirit, when, without constricting his individuality, I can translate him and change him in diverse ways.

In most religious systems we are regarded as parts of the godhead which, if they do not obey the impulses of the whole, and even if they do not intentionally act against the laws of the whole, but only go their own way and do not want to be parts of it, are medically treated by the godhead—and either endure a painful cure or even are cut off.

Totul este bun, dar nu pretutindeni, dar nu oricând, dar nu pentru to?i.

S]ince I became a woman, boys were gonna follow me around more often, 'cause they could follow the trail of stars that fall from between my legs after dark.

i am more/ than i am not/

i usedta live in the world really be in the world free & sweet talkin good mornin & thank-you & nice day uh huh i cant now i cant be nice to nobody nice is such a rip-off regular beauty & a smile in the street is just a set-up

i got 15 trumpets where other women got hips & a upright bass for both sides of my heart

i found god in myself & i loved her/ i loved her fiercely

Being alive and being a woman is all I got but being colored is a metaphysical dilemma I haven't conquered yet

She wondered then if she had ever been on the right track. She had been reticent all her life, because it turned out that her opinions were different from what others expected. 'That proves either that I am an exceptional idiot, or the reverse.

I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.

Write what you like; there is no other rule.

If they can't learn the way we teach, we teach the way they learn

You have been going on about pride like it was a bad thing, and I disagree with you. A man's pride is about the only thing he has that's worth having, and is what sets him apart from the pack. We have argued this before, Judge, and I guess I will say this time that a man that doesn't have it is a pretty poor specimen and apt to take to whisky for the lack. For all whisky is, is pride you can pour in your belly.

Bir silgi gibi tükendim ben Ba?kalar?n?n yapt?klar?n? silmeye çal??t?m Mürekkeple yazm??lar oysa.. Ben kur?unkalem silgisiydim Azald???mla kald?m..

Dünyada bir tane kahraman bulunmal?. Tek ba??na ya?ayanlara cesaret vermek için.

A?z?n?n, güzel dudaklar?n?n yan?nda bir gülümseme yaratmak için, ne uzun yollardan geçiyorsun. Kendinden veriyorsun ve durmadan eksiliyorsun. Oysa baz? insanlar, olduklar? gibi kalarak, elde ederler istediklerini. Ben, kan?m? damla damla süzerek veriyorum.

Yaln?z ya?ayan insanlar?n, kendi ilerinde ba?lay?p biten e?lenceleri vard?r.

Herkes istedi?i mesle?i seçecektir. Ressam olmak isteyenler reklamc?, yazar olmak isteyenler mühendis, mimar olmak isteyenler iktisatç?, meyhaneci olmak isteyenler hukukçu, hukukçu olmak isteyenler tezgâhtar, adam olmak isteyenler u?ak ve diledi?i gibi ya?amak isteyenler rezil olmayacaklard?r.

Büyümek, yaln?z tutunanlara gerekli.

Onlar utans?n sonuçtan' diye kestirip att?. 'Hangi onlar Selim?' dedim. 'Onlar i?te,' dedi. 'Onlar can?m. onlar, onlar, onlar.' 'Öyle ya,' dedim. 'Onlar. Yani biz de?il.

bomonti, ne garip sokak ad?: oralarda böyle sokak ad? olmas? garip. çok giderdi, az bahsederdi: her zaman yapt??? gibi. beni ona anlatmaz, onu bana anlatmaz: herkesin bir yeri var. gülümsedi

Kendimize isimler vermeyelim, yapt???m?z i?lerle varolal?m, bunun d???nda kalan bütün sahte unvanlar?, kurumlar?, insan?n kendini üstün bir ?ey saymas?na yolaçan düzenleri yok sayal?m...