Quotes About Self-expression

I'm not a drug addict. My wild period wasn't about drugs it was about sexual freedom.

There has been a change in men's attitudes toward their clothes. Men are more aware of fashion they're not afraid of it.

L'universo esprimerà se stesso fin tanto che qualcuno potrà dire "io leggo dunque esso scrive

I am not a fool just because the whole world thinks I look like one.

que ella pretendía con el maquillaje era

O amor não é uma questão de parecer perfeito aos olhos da outra pessoa. É uma questão de poder mostrar suas imperfeições

Gradually, that first year in middle school, he began to understand—there were many ways to be a freak. Amy had no choice, but other people did. If you worked hard and concentrated, you could hide your freakish thoughts.

It surprised me because she put it as well (or better) than I could have and made a simple point she didn't even intend: being disabled wasn't the main thing about her.

I know I'm not a wordsmith. And I don't write poetry. Sometimes I think I should, because it's really helpful. But I always wanted to write novels.

There is only one way and that is your way. There is only one salvation and that is your salvation...What is to come will be created in you and from you. Hence look into yourself. Do not compare. Do not measure. No other way is like yours...You must fulfill the way that is in you.

If you tell someone ten times that you don't want to talk to him, you are talking to them—nine more times than you wanted to.

Group nudity could also be personally beneficial, according to psychologist Abraham M. Maslow, who believed that nudist camps or parks might be places where people can emerge from hiding behind their clothes and armor, and become more self-accepting, revealing, and honest.

Because for that day, I really did become Lulu. Maybe not from the film or the real Louise Brooks, but my own idea of what Lulu represented. Freedom. Daring. Adventure. Saying yes.

She wears the braid every day and always, by lunchtime, the curls and ringlets of her thick mane have managed to escape in rebellious little tendrils. But she refuses to surrender to that hair of hers, and every morning, it goes back into the braid.

How can I come this far and not tell him-he, who would understand it best-that by giving me that flyer, by inviting me to skip Hamlet, he helped me realize that it's not to be that matters, but how to be? How can I come this far and not be brave?

I think I'll try the cinnamon-spice chai latte," she said, giving me a stern look that said, I will not be ashamed of my beverage selection.

In my mind, I am bold and forthright, but what comes out always seems to be so meek and polite.

There are so many ways to live, to define what living means for you and you alone. We are so narrow in our thinking, and once you understand that, once you decide to not abide by these artificial constraints, anything is possible and you are so liberated

It's not what you are, it's who you are. And that's up to you. But I know plenty of people who call themselves *transsexual." "Transsexual," Frankie repeated. "So there is a word for it." "Oh honey, there's a word for everything on God's green earth. And if there isn't, we can just make one up.

There are so many ways to live, to define what living means for you and you alone.

Why wouldn't I dance?' Uh, maybe because at first glance he looked like he ate puppies for breakfast and kittens for lunch?

But we all must be true to our own nature. Acting as anyone other than yourself merely brings you pain and makes you appear ashamed of who and what you are. Others will feed off that shame, and soon it will be all that you are.

Everyone has a story, and I will be the author of mine.

Cool. I'm Kathryn, but everyone calls me Kat. And do not make any cat jokes or I'll have to hurt you. With my claws." she waved the long, blunt tips of her fingers at me. "Truth be told, I stopped speaking meow a long time ago." speaking meow? "I'm guessing calling you pretty kitty is out.