Quotes About Authenticity

You had no right." Oh, yes, he did. He suggested, "Why don't you write that down. Put it in my handwriting. Perhaps I'll chance to read it, think I wrote it: Maybe then I'll believe you.

Heaven knows, I've exposed myself in my novels through the use of fantasy and imagination... now my new book is about what really happened to me... not my heroines.

I wish we lived in a society that made it safe and provided the courage for everyone to come out.

The Sea knows her Creator and she gives Him glory every moment of every day just by being all that He created her to be - reflecting Him, being as much like Him as she can be. Sometimes she is gentle, calm and caressing. Sometimes she is powerful, strong and angry. Always she is her true self and a reflection of Him.

when all of life is a costume party, costume parties are no longer possible.

Some women need no jewels to make them sparkle. You are one of them. -Royce Westmoreland

Your soul mate can become your cell mate" if both of you are not dedicated to mutual growth and authenticity. It's

You may also freeze around inauthentic people, which can convey aloofness — but this is clearly a protective device. Some empaths prefer socializing online to keep others at a distance, so there's less of the tendency to absorb their discomfort and stress.

As an empath, you are part of a countercultural revolution to put what is humane back into humanity. I applaud you for being a path-forger, willing to venture off the beaten track. I applaud your courage to face yourself, to express your authentic needs, and not to give up on the world, with its many failings.

Energy doesn't lie. Keep sensing it, trusting it, letting it liberate you.

yourself in such a manner?

It wasn't obvious to my generation how or if one could become oneself, an individual, without performing what the psychoanalyst Louise Kaplan memorably called a "female-female impersonation.

I wanted you to see my heart.

There is no ache more Deadly than the striving to be oneself. —Yevgeniy Vinokurov

The truth will make you odd.

The best books come from someplace deep inside.... Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either.

But while I'd be their daughter, while I'd eat the roast and come home from dates and wash the dishes, I would also be myself. I would love my mother, but I'd never want to be her again. I would never be what someone else wanted me to be. I would never laugh at a joke I didn't think was funny. I would never tell another lie. I would be the truth-teller, starting today. That would be tough. But I was tougher.

you shouldn't give an audience what they want. Give them what you want. Most comics will go down to the audience level to make it work, when in fact what you should be doing is bringing the audience to your level.

You can't and won't be able to make everyone love you. You must go onstage with a passionate desire and the intent to communicate your thoughts and feelings, not just to make people laugh.

Actors live in a queer sort of double world. Not many of us have the names or identities we were born with.

Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.

Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of being a second-rate version of someone else.

never be a second-rate version of someone else, be a first-rate version of yourself