Quotes About Self-discovery

It was the kind of story everybody likes, about a tough girl who becomes a truer version of herself by uncovering her vulnerability. It was the kind of story people like because its universe is played out in the story of one person. It was the kind of story (dare I say it?) that women are supposed to write because all its truths are grounded in a single lie: denying chaos.

for the first time it occurred to her that perhaps the only thing she had to offer was her specificity. By writing Dick she was offering her life as Case Study.

Nosotros tenemos que darnos cuenta de que a nosotros tampoco.

It's mistakes that make us who we are.

The answers are never "out there." All the answers are "in there," inside you, waiting to be discovered.

The true source of happiness is within each of us.

Compared with walking on trails, cross-country travel is real exploration, both of the world around and of yourself. To appreciate it fully you need to be open to whatever may happen. Distances and time matter far less once you've shrugged off the trail network. What matters is being there.

The whole experience reminded me of my own 'old lady' phase that I went through in high school while I was reading Somerset Maugham... The embroidered sweaters, the costume jewelry... I remember genuinely WANTING to be old then, to act as if the business of my life was already all but over, and that I was preternaturally wise because of it... God, the stupid things you'll do to try and meet boys...

What I had done to Jesse, well, that was something else. In a way, it's like I was burying my old self in that pit. The person that I'd been before I'd looked into a man's eyes and shot him dead. The person that I was now, the delicate newborn killer that Jesse made me, needed the slow thoughtless shoveling like an insect still wet from metamorphosis needs time to dry its wings and figure out how to work its brand new form.

Wieder, nur stärker als schon einmal vorher, hat sie das Gefühl, bisher gar nicht gelebt zu haben. Nur wenn man dieses Gefühl der Auflösung hat, nur wenn man anscheinend gar nicht da ist, sondern in einem anderen Wesen aufgeht, ist man ganz.

To become oneself, with all one's strength. Difficult. A bomb, a speech, a rifle shot -- and the world can look a different place. And then where is this self

ser adulta consistía en ese juego: perderse de vista a sí misma

I often wonder if the bill is yet to be presented during our lifetime. If not, I must present it to myself.

Even then Christa left. Later she often repeated this procedure - of going away - and there's a pattern to be read here, even on first sight: you leave what you know too well, leave what has ceased to be a challenge. Keep your curiosity about other ranges of experience, and ultimately about yourself in any new experience. Prefer the movement to the goal. - Such a nature has obvious drawbacks for its surroundings and itself.

To become oneself, with all one's strength. Difficult. A bomb, a speech, a rifle shot-and the world can look a different place. And then where is this "self"?

Simon périssait de tristesse, c'est évident, mais en même temps, la vie qu'il menait, depuis si longtemps, cette vie d'ingénieur, j'ose à peine le dire, semblait parfaitement lui convenir. La prétendue vocation nous trompe tout le temps. J'en said quelque chose. On pense être fait pour telle chose. On est fait pour telle autre. Et encore, pas sûr.

become the physical embodiment of your soul so that you discover the woman you were always meant to be.

Throwing the leg of lamb out the window may have been Aunt Carol's outward expression of the process going on within her soul: the reclaiming of herself. Perhaps it was her way of saying how tired she was of waiting on her family, of signaling to them that she was past the cook/chauffeur/dishwasher stage of life. For many women, if not most, part of this reclamation process includes getting in touch with anger and, perhaps, blowing up at loved ones for the first time.

You were given a gift. You were given the chance to see who you were, to learn from mistakes, and to change and grow. Few are granted such insight.

It takes courage to create your own identity, to stop believing old stories about who you are or that limit who you can be.

I've found that doing interviews forces you to face yourself; I'm constantly having to search within myself, to see why I do certain things.

To the sky, I rise / Spread my wings, and fly / I leave the past behind / And say goodbye to the scared child inside / I sing for freedom, and for love / I look at my reflection / Embrace the woman I've become / The unbreakable lotus in me / I now set free

It's been quite a roller coaster ride, but I've grown and learned a lot about myself. The greatest thing is being able to interact with fans and touch people's lives... for that I give thanks.

You can live for a long time inside the shell you were born in. But one day it'll become too small." "Then what?" I ask. "Well, then you'll have to find a larger shell to live in." I consider this for a moment. "What if it's too small but you still want to live there?" She sighs. "Gracious, child, what a question. I suppose you'll either have to be brave and find a new home or you'll have to live inside a broken shell.