Quotes About Self-expression

I went about my way rejoicing, thinking how wonderful it is to be a woman and a writer at the end of the twentieth century.

standing there in our black robes and scarves, we are as we had been shaped by someone else's dreams. In the second, we appear as we imagined ourselves. In neither could we feel completely at home.

one of my main goals as First Lady is to never be photographed in a bathing suit.

If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you." — Gospel of Thomas

Much of my rebelliousness starts with indifference to what is urgently important to others.

I do my thing, and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations. And you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, it's beautiful If not, it can't be helped.

Sometimes she felt like she had two personalities. One was shy and wanted to keep things private, and the other was talky and wanted to blabber. (pg. 127)

Do you think its possible to live without wanting to put your name on your paintings? To belong to a group so securely you don't need to rise above it?

Mama always said barefoot and pregnant was not my style. She knew.

If I kept trying to be what everybody wanted, I'd soon be insipid enough to fit in everywhere.

The essential ingredient of authorship is authority. You hunt it out in a library, you chase it down the street, or you knit it from the fiber of your own will. From somewhere, you get it. You begin

Being a peacock is not the only way to hide yourself, Frida. A pigeon can hide.

Thatcher thought Mary was not invisible, but as free as any woman could be. And in the grip of fresh discoveries, always.

Every Man has the Right to make a Kite from his Pants.

Waar het om gaat is dat als je het hebt over identiteit, je dat niet zomaar uit mensen kunt wegredeneren. Het verdwijnt niet door de minachting van buitenstaanders, het wordt er juist door verhevigd.

The thing about Angus. We both had our crap to live with, and her way was to give no shit whether you liked how she was doing it, or not. But if I wanted to be a different type person and try for popular, she wasn't going to stand in my way. She was going to help. Not very usual.

Feelings are your guide. Trust your feelings and learn to express them, and do not blame anyone for how you feel. Be yourself, observe yourself. Look to understand any crisis you have been in or will be in.

It is important to speak your truth, not to convince anyone else of it. Everyone must make up their own minds.

My name is Junie B. Jones. The B stands for Beatrice. Except I don't like Beatrice. I just like B and that's all.

Whoever you are, be that person with all your might. Time goes by faster than we thought. It is a thief so quiet. You must let yourself be loved and you must love, parts of you that never loved must open and love. You must announce yourself in all particulars so you can have yourself.

She ran her own train. She didn't feel she had to get married, she wore her hair and makeup the way she wanted to, she furnished her home the way she wanted to, she did everything the way she wanted to.

How people look is yet another thing that they are now responsible for deciding for themselves.

decisions as trivial as renting a video become important if we believe that these decisions are revealing something significant about ourselves.

Eindelijk! De tirannie van het menselijk gelaat is verdwenen en ik zal alleen nog maar door mijzelf lijden.