Quotes About Individuality

if America means anything at all, it means the sufficiency of the common, the insufficiency of the uncommon.

Odd that a thing is most itself when likened

Writing poetry is talking to oneself; yet it is a mode of talking to oneself in which the self disappears; and the product's something that, though it may not be for everybody, is about everybody.

Cuál es el opuesto de dos? Tu y yo en soledad

Violence is a personal necessity for the oppressed...It is not a strategy consciously devised. It is the deep, instinctive expression of a human being denied individuality.

If you possess enough courage to speak out what you are, you will find you are not alone.

They think the way to be a poet is to wear funny clothes and write sideways on the page.

that if you wanted to do something absolutely honest, something true, it always turned out to be a thing that had to be done alone.

Oh, Frank. Can you really think artists and writers are the only people entitled to lives of their own?

I don't care if it takes you five years of doing nothing at all; I don't care if you decide after five years that what you really want is to be a bricklayer or a mechanic or a merchant seaman. Don't you see what I'm saying? It's got nothing to do with definite, measurable talents—it's your very essence that's being stifled here.

Well, your mother has her own way of dealing with information.

Se si vuole fare qualcosa di assolutamente onesto, qualcosa di vero, alla fine si scopre sempre che è una cosa che va fatta da soli.

if you wanted to do something absolutely honest, something true, it always turned out to be a thing that had to be done alone.

Are artists and writers the only people entitled to lives of their own?

If my work has a theme, I suspect it is a simple one: that most human beings are inescapably alone, and therein lies their tragedy.

Adrian gave me a look that said I was wasting his time. "Because Jet sounds badass.

You are an exceptional, talented, and brilliant young woman. Do not ever let anyone make you feel like you're less. Do not ever let anyone make you feel invisible. Do not let anyone—not even a teacher who constantly sends you for coffee—push you around.

I want your opinion.? ?That,? Adrian said, ?is not something I hear a lot.?

Ivashkov," she repeated, her face the picture of serenity. "My name is Sydney Ivashkov.

What are you? An after school special?

Every relationship is different. Everyone loves differently.

He shrugged. "The same as any other. It's a way to make people feel better about themselves. Everyone likes feeling special. Being part of an elite group is a way to do that." "But you weren't part of it?" "No need. I already know I'm special.

In fact I was fairly certain there was no one in the entire world quite like Adrian Ivashkov.

Having your own, um, cave at eighteen is pretty cool.