Quotes About Individuality

Do you know what constitutes a great poet? He is a person without shame, incapable of blushing. Ordinary fools have moments when they go off by themselves and blush with shame; not so the great poet.... If you really have to quote someone, quote a geographer; that way you won't give yourself away. (p 44)

Ovi listovi govore o mnogima, ali za mene samo o jednoj.

La conciencia de mi honradez se me subió a la cabeza, tuve el sentimiento grandioso de que yo era un carácter, un faro completamente blanco en medio del mar cenagoso de los hombres, un mostrenco extraordinario.

Og menneske skulde man ikke være; nei, men gjenstand, ting. Når en mand stanset mig på gaten og spurte om veien vilde jeg kunne svare: Det vet jeg ikke. Men spør en anden gaslykt.

Du er ogsaa Kunstnersjæl, Skønaand, en Smagens Mand, et Artistgemyt,en Bohême, en Satan. Men du er ogsaa Poet. Fan ved hva du er altsammen, du er meget spredt.

Wie kam ein Mensch überhaupt dazu, so auszusehen wie er? Die große Nase war viel zu unbescheiden für sein geringes Amt im Leben; außerdem ließ er sich den ganzen Winter über die Haare nicht schneiden, was seinem Kopf von Woche zu Woche mehr Künstlerisches verlieh.

But has anything happened to you? Your face is so strangely distorted.    No, I'm smiling, he said. This is going to be my way of smiling. I want this grimace to be my hallmark.

Usred dvorane za zabave možeš ostati ravnodušan, siguran i neponesen opštim raspoloženjem. Jer je sopstvena duša ?ovekova izvor tuge i radosti.

Aldeles riktig, jeg følger ikke mønstret. Jeg er tilfreds med ett mål mat om dagen, siden slikker jeg solskin. Hvorfor skal vi bli noget?

Høibro kunde ikke forstå at denne tørre fremskridtskvinde med kort hår blandet sig i slike spørsmål som ægteskapet, hun stod i hans forestilling som en art hanmenneske i skjørter, et væsen av det tredje kjøn; stak man hul på hende vilde hun blø sand.

Kvinden var menneske, den ene halvdel av menneskeheten, men mandfolk det var nu kvinden ikke!

But for some reason I have not yet become a fish. - The Box Man, p.36

Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you.

Lemme guess, Regin said. You had your introductory spiel all planned, but rational thought deserted you when you saw me stroll in braless.

Why don't you just buy me a minivan, zip me into mom jeans, and shoot me in the face - Melanthe the potential Queen of Persuasions:

You're arrogant." "I'm Dacian. You can't have one without the other.

I wasn't a big fan of women trying to fix men, to change them. I always figured there were guys enough out there, so I should look for a total package that was already fully Ikea-assembled—or go without.

You don't appear to be an afterthought with that one, dearest freakling. You appear to be the only thought.

Good thing you blend." "I do not blend.

Though she'd never been ashamed of what she'd done, she'd kept it secret because she'd understood that others wouldn't view it the same way she did.

I like myself. Other than some late blooming magickal powers and some sealed legal records, I think I'm pretty fucking nifty. -Mariketa

Egotistical? Try self-confident. Should I be meek instead? Would you like me better then?" "No. I've never wanted a meek woman for my own. I've wanted a queen—" "And now you have one.

How do I . . . how does my blood compare to others?" "It's amazing.

my mother used to say that nothing limited the human spirit like propriety.