Quotes About Authenticity

Each of us is an original.

I'm always so glad, Sylvie murmured, that I don't have to take a turn at being other people.

Live your life, Louise," Patrick said, "don't endure it.

He did have a natural charm, the same way that Teddy did, it came from a kind of straightness in their character. Jimmy's charm was different, more dishonest perhaps.

But appearance and reality were different things, weren't they?

But then, what constituted real? Wasn't everything, even this life itself, just a game of deception?

Are you breaking some either/or cultural law, just by being who you are? If so, you're not alone.

It's healthier for your soul to live outside and above a degraded moral code than within and beneath one.

My grandmother told me something I've never forgotten. 'Never fuck anyone you wouldn't want to be.' -audience member

I have said it before, but I don't think I have ever came so near meaning it.

That is, he could not see that she was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.

She was becoming herself, casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment.

Qualche volta al signor Pontellier veniva il dubbio che sua moglie cominciasse ad accusare qualche lieve squilibrio mentale. Vedeva chiaramente che non era più lei. O meglio, non vedeva che Edna stava diventando se stessa, e che ogni giorno si liberava di quella falsa identità che adottiamo come un abito con cui presentarci davanti al pubblico.

He could see plainly that she was not herself. That is, he could not see that she was becoming herself and daily casting aside the fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.

A characteristic which distinguished them and which impressed Mrs. Pontellier most forcibly was their entire absence of prudery.

When I'm writing about myself, I write out of a strong urge not to protect myself. When I feel ego or self justification or defensiveness creeping in or a wish to make myself look better than I was, I squelch it, if I can. It takes vigilance. Exposing myself is the only way to go, though. If I'd rather wear veils, I should write fiction.

I had still wanted a baby - two, actually - and I still trusted the authenticity of my earlier yearning

He smiled at me. He did that thing again, where he pulled back his lips and showed me his teeth. He smiled so big it made him sneeze. It was like he was saying, I know i'm a mess. Isn't it funny?

You have a gift, Louisiana, and the more of yourself you put into the song, the more powerful—the more truthful—the song becomes.

It is very dangerous for you to be who you are, said Brother Edik. and so you must pretend to be someone you are not. But how can I pretend to be someone I am not when I don't know who I am?

Normalcy is an illusion, of course," said William Spiver. "There is no normal.

And shouldn't home be the place where you are allowed to be yourself, loved as yourself?

Do gooders don't interest me. They are the least interesting people on the planet.

It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak words that matter.