Quotes About Self-discovery

That was when I realized a shocking thing. I couldn't become a man without becoming The Man. Even if I didn't want to.

Don't you think it would have been easier just to stay the way you were?" I lifted my face and looked into my mother's eyes. And I told her: "This is the way I was."   You

From my birth when they went undetected, to my baptism where they upstaged the priest, to my troubled adolescence when they didn't do much of anything and then did everything at once, my genitals have been the most significant thing that ever happened to me.

Élem a magam életét, nyalogatom a saját sebeimet. Lehet, hogy nem ez a legjobb megoldás, de én ilyen vagyok.

A természet sem tudott megvigasztalni. A külvilág véget ért. Bárhová is mentem volna, mindenütt csak magammal találkozom.

One's country was like one's self. The more you learned about it, the more there was to be ashamed of.

Lumea ajunsese la capat. Oriunde m-as fi dus, dadeam tot peste mine.

Point? Maybe you aren't a Carrie or a Samantha or a Charlotte or a Miranda. Maybe you're just you.

At my age, I feel like I'm halfway to the finish line and life's too short to do what I'm sure to hate.

To stay in recovery, you must be responsible for finding your own motivation. Remember, motivation may not be easy to come by at first. It will probably be a very small, timid part inside of you. When you find it, let that part be in charge. Let the minority rule and lead you to a life you never dreamed was possible

When you feel like you would rather die than live another day with an eating disorder, know that I used to feel that way too. Search deep inside yourself for the part that wants to live

Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kind of falls into place.

I'm stuck in the old me, and I don't know how to get out. I just know the old me isn't the real me anymore.

You can't just jump into debauchery one night and expect to get the hang of it by morning. It takes years.

I don't want to be alone anymore, but I don't want to go out and cold-bloodedly look for a man, either. - Kate Svenson

It's amazing what you find you are made of when you dig deeply enough to figure out.

People who climb mountains are lonely people; loneliness is needed. Acquaintances and friends are great things, but climbers need defined mental space that is untouched and unbothered by anyone.

I had found that taking risks, being true to myself, and making decisions with good intentions can exceed even my own expectations.

It wasn't a "Eureka!" kind of moment—it was the slow realization that the parts of me that had been empty were starting to fill up again. Yet, as gradual as this all was, there was one surreal moment that crystallized it for me—one moment where I suddenly understood what Idol meant to people and what it was doing for me.

I forgot that the purpose of desire is to draw us forward into living, into what captivates us—not to help us attain a particular career or creative goal or get paid more or even to stay married or find lasting love. I forgot that every major transition requires rediscovering desire; without that, I faltered. I forgot that what I bother about is always my choice and that I must actually choose, instead of looking outside myself for what to do next and then pretending it was my choice.

Who I am and what I struggle with are not the same thing.

Admitting you had a problem was the first step - everyone knew that - but admitting you had a problem also left you open to the possibility that maybe you couldn't fix it

We lose ourselves," she repeated, forming each word with care, "but we find our way back." Wasn't that the story of her life?

and if you're lucky you have sisters or friends who remind you when you forget your best intentions. You come back to yourself, again and again.