Quotes About Self-awareness

I'm not an idiot! I'm just twelve. I'm a twelve-year-old girl and neither of those facts are my fault.

Alexei has known me for most of my life. And he still sees me as a child. But t could be worse,I realize. He could see what I turned into.

You know, it's okay to admit a little weakness now and then, Cammie. It won't kill you. In fact, I hear it makes you stronger.

But Logan had to laugh when he realized that he was the maiden in this scenario. And he didn't care one bit.

Hale would scold her if he heard her say it—even here, even now, in the middle of a con. But there was a part of Kat, deep down, that might have even thought it was true if she ever allowed herself to think about such things—if she could stop running, working, grifting long enough to wonder if she was really going to get away with stealing W. W. Hale V. But

I've been wrong, and I've been crazy. But this is the first time I've ever truly felt like a fool.

Macey?" Zach asked as if he couldn't believe his eyes, which was maybe the most flattering thing ever, because no one has ever mistaken me for Macey McHenry. Ever.

I didn't run away," I said, louder than I intended. "I left… I knew that I wasn't in danger." I looked down at my hands. "I was the danger

given enough rope, eventually, I am bound to hang myself.

I know there's no use in looking back. It's started now. And looking back won't do anything but make me turn to salt. I blame my new designer shoes for the fact that my footsteps are unsteady. I blame the fact that I can't breathe on the blue dress's tiny waste.

Noah learned how to please everyone." Lila pierces me with a glare. "I learned there's no use trying to please anyone.

She draped her arm through mine, and, as we walked, I was sure she probably looked chic and cool and European. I felt slow and clumsy and American.

sabía que no era exactamente así, aquello no era verdad, pero la verdad también desaparecía, y yo seguía pensando lo mismo, y era agradable, me sentía alguien, segura, en momentos como ése, era curioso...

El miedo también excluye la dignidad, la generosidad, el sentido de la justicia, y llega incluso a perjudicar la inteligencia, porque altera la percepción de la realidad y alarga las sombras de todas las cosas. Las personas cobardes tienen miedo hasta de sí mismas

Most of us form estimates of our intelligence, wisdom, and moral fiber that are considerably higher than an objective estimate would warrant; no doubt 90 percent of us think ourselves well above average along these lines.

Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and denser it is.

There is an old and very wise Native American saying: Every time you point a finger in scorn—there are three remaining fingers pointing right back at you.

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

Sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith, tune out what you see before you, what other people tell you, and focus on what you know deep down inside your own heart.

Appearances are really just manifestations of how we see ourselves. And so, with that in mind, the way you see yourself, well, it has a direct effect on what you become, and how others see you.

Does it really matter if I choose the bus over a BMW, and generic over Gucci? Because the car, the wardrobe, the zip code-those are just nouns, things that are fun to have around, sure, but in the end, they have nothing to do with the real me. Nothing to do with who I really am.

machen wir uns nichts vor,

She can be angry, but if she's going to fight me, she's got to be sure in her own self what she's mad about.

Translation: I'm an idiot.