Quotes About Authenticity

Every time I break out of what is expected of me and do what feels right, I feel stronger.

Our lie is like a cancer that's spread to every single area of our lives.

It's not Brittney's face, not her smile, not even her eyes. All of that surface stuff made the world see her as beautiful, but it was the deeper stuff that made her different.

Tell me what we had was real, I whisper.

Is anyone human actually normal? I'm beginning to think being normal is actually abnormal.

I'm ready for something private, private and real

I want to make sure Kiara's got a boyfriend who has more to offer than a hot bod and a face that could make angels weep.

I'll go along with pretending this thing between us is temporary and casual, but every time we're together it feels too right to be temporary or casual.

Do I even know how to be real?

You know,just because you can deal with bullshit on your own doesn't mean you should." - Derek Fitzpatrick

We're actors in our lives, pretendin' to be who we want people to think we are." "So

I'll start caring about what other people think when I'm six feet under.

and I'd be a human being again and not a maker of béchamel sauce.

A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.

But I do know that about ten times as many people find their lives dull, and unnecessarily dull, as ever admit it; and I do believe that if we busted out and admitted it sometimes, instead of being nice and patient and loyal for sixty years, and then nice and patient and dead for the rest of eternity, why, maybe, possibly, we might make life more fun.

Hypocrisy wears hard on a man who at heart isn't that way.

Sometimes it's wise to look at life through your own lenses,

There comes a time when we have to put "knowing" aside and stick to "being.

YOU MIGHT NEED To divert a little but don't lose your path, stay true to yourself. SM

I seek no longer to be a 'famous' person, and instead I wish to live a 'normal' life.

Choose the inner beauty that soothes your soul instead of physical beauty that attracts many.

Choose what makes you feel right within, not for others.

Never seek what you are not, but nurture what you are.

Stay away from people with chameleon tendencies, your heart is not safe from them.