Quotes About Self-discovery

Eventually, we all end up alone.

Sweetheart, when you lose someone, you lose a little bit of yourself, too. And that missing piece? Sometimes you have to lose the rest of yourself to find it.

I sang because that is what I do when I am happy and when I'm sad. I sang because it is who I am when I am being the best possible version of me.

So I'm not gorgeous?" Macey challenged. "Of course you are." He started away, turned back at the last minute. "But I'm the guy who figured out that's not all you are.

Run. It's been what people have been telling me to do all year, and now I think it's time I really listen. … Please don't look for me. Please don't worry. And most of all, please don't think of this as me of running away but of running towards. … Now I'm going to leave her, and spend this summer trying to find them. I'll be back. And when I am, I promise I'll have answers.

I've spent my whole life tailing after people who think they're more interesting than me

The greatest adventure lies not in discovering new lands, but in discovering the boundless potential within yourself.

Vectra rounded up whatever lingering questions she may've had and tossed them as far and deep into the recesses of her mind as she could manage.

She couldn't quite make it stick, and knew the girl inside her was to blame. That was what happened when a woman went to war with the girl she'd been.

But I've strayed so far from normal now, I'll never find my way back. And the truth is, I no longer want to.

Only love heals. Anger, guilt, and fear can only destroy and separate you from your true capabilities.

Our past may shape us, but it doesn't define who we become.

What if it can't be worked out? What if I'm—what if I'm broken for good?

Our past may shape us, but it doesn't define us.

It's never enough to just accumulate knowledge and skills. It's what a person does with what he knows that defines who he is." "Every man must decide the kind of path he'll walk.

Because, Ever, life is not meant to be an open book test.

That life is not meant to be an open-book test.

Lauricia or Aurelia?

Yeah, the strange thing is, Ms. Topper, I never liked writing before. But now I notice I feel a lot better after I do it.

If I knew what I was thinking [...] I would never have become a writer.

Al parecer, huir es poco glorioso. Lástima, porque es una sensación muy agradable. La huida proporc­iona la más formidable sensación de libertad que se pueda experim­entar. Te sientes más libre huyendo que si no tienes nada de lo que huir. [...] Uno debería tener siempre algo de lo que huir, para cultivar esa maravil­losa posibil­idad. De hecho, siempre hay algo de lo que huir. Aunque sólo sea de uno mismo.

I have a Ph.D. in masturbation.

Por qué yo? A saber. Escribiré algo solemne y auténtico: soy ese ser poroso al que la gente otorga un papel crucial en su vida.

I had always been alone and wouldn't have minded if it had been a matter of choice. It never had been. I dreamed of being integrated, if only to give myself the luxury of subsequently disintegrating.