Quotes About Authenticity

toughness creates a smoke screen to mask vulnerability

Even now I cling to the idea that amour fou, curdled as it was, still had me in its grip. I want to believe this. If you do not act out of some form of love, then who are you in the world?

He took a moment, as if he were deciding which tack to go with. I think he chose honesty, but it's so hard to tell. And if you chose honesty as a strategy, is it still honesty?

Joe said of herself: 'I was never a little girl. I came out of the womb queer.

The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?

Most passport pictures are good likenesses, and it is time we faced it.

Almanlar ,kalplerinizi ta?la?t?r?n.Kalplerinizi her ?eye kar?? ,ama en çok da kad?nlar?n gözya?lar?na kar?? ta?la?t?r?n.Bir kad?n?n ruhu yoktur ve bu yüzden de ac? çekemez.Onun gözya?lar? sahtedir,aldatmacad?r.

It is only by following your deepest instinct that you can lead a rich life, and if you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, then your life will be safe, expedient and thin.

If you let the fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, then your life will be safe, expedient and thin.

Funny how people despise platitudes, when they are usually the truest thing going. A thing has to be pretty true before it gets to be a platitude.

My greatest strength is... common sense. I'm really a standard brand -- like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate.

I don't care what is written about me as long as it isn't true.

He's worked his entire life and he's never lived a single moment, I mean not a moment, in the real world.

To put it simply: There was no bunk about Bogie. He was a man.

Living wasn't easy for you, was it? You couldn't enter your own life, but you could be someone else. You weren't you, then; you were safe.

The standard we read about in magazines and see on television is a sterilized and synthetic one, "as if we're not on this earth," a male friend remarked, but it takes some courage to disregard it.

They thought to use and shame me but I win out by nature, because a true freak cannot be made. A true freak must be born.

What greater gift could you offer your children than an inherent ability to earn a living just by being themselves?

I was saying the right things, but not the really true things.

Be yourself, it's a tough act to follow.

Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they soon exhaust their talents.

And so, when she fell ill, it seemed a natural thing to me." "But I don't understand. I thought you said she was pretending.

Usually her reserve kept people -- men especially -- at a distance, but Sam was different. She felt at ease with him, comfortable. More herself. How was it possible to be more yourself when you were with another person?

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.