Quotes About Self-awareness

Young ladies must be in control of their bodies, because young boys are not.

A molta gente manca questo dono, la capacità di capire quando deve levarsi dai coglioni. Alla gente piace parlare, e io non sono mai stato un gran chiacchierone. Porto avanti un monologo interiore, ma spesso le parole non arrivano alle labbra. Com'è carina lei oggi, posso pensare, ma per qualche motivo non lo dico ad alta voce. Mia madre parlava, mia sorella parla. Crescendo, mi sono abituato ad ascoltare. Dunque starmene seduto sul divano da solo, in silenzio, mi pareva un lusso.

You have to admit you're a jerk and that everything was all your fault." "So, like, what men are supposed to do in general," I said.

That's what he learned from his life so far: always aim smaller. He was born to be lonely, that's what he knew for certain

I was rotten.

You just seem kind of not yourself with her. And: There's a difference between really loving someone and loving the idea of her. And finally: The important thing is she makes you really happy.

It had gotten to the point where it seemed like nothing matters, because I'm not a real person and neither is anyone else. I would have done anything to feel real again.

I needed it finished. I needed to know. Me, me. I was still predictably selfish.

But even as he was thinking this, he knew he'd have to aim smaller. That's what he learned from his life so far: always aim smaller.

It's humbling, to become the very thing you once mocked.

O rosto que você apresenta ao mundo diz ao mundo como tratar você (...).

I went into Andie's bathroom, took a piss, looked at myself in the mirror, and made myself say it: You are a cheater. You have failed one of the most basic male tests. You are not a good man. And when that didn't bother me, I thought: You're really not a good man.

Taking a lot of selfies doesn't mean you live an examined life.

non sempre si riesce a guardarsi dentro fino in fondo, e quando lo si fa è difficile e scomodo scrivere quel che si è visto.

As it was, I often looked at him and thought to myself, 'Who are you? Oh my God, what are you that you can bear even to see this? What – oh God, what are you seeing with these eyes which look at me?

I'm a bad man. I need to understand the past. It illuminates the present.

A guy I worked with and I talked it over about what you do with drunks. His dad was a reformed drunk. He told me you got to stop trying to help them out. You got to stop making excuses for them and not take excuses from them. You got to put them on a spot where they can't do nothing but face the truth because they aren't going to change a bit till they decide to do it. They got to be the ones who believe they've turned into dregs and something has got to be changed.

When I reflect on my companions' inner natures I usually wish I controlled one small talent. I wish I could look inside them and unmask the darks and brights that move them. Then I take a quick look into the jungle of my own soul and thank heaven that I cannot. Any man who barely sustains an armistice with himself has no business poking around in an alien soul.

Quando rifletto sulla natura più intima dei miei compagni, solitamente mi trovo a desiderare di avere un piccolo talento: vorrei essere capace di guardare dentro di loro e di svelare le luci e le ombre che li muovono. Poi do una sbirciata nella giungla della mia anima e ringrazio il cielo di non saperlo fare. Un uomo a malapena in grado di mantenersi in armistizio con se stesso non ha nessun diritto di andare a ficcanasare negli animi altrui.

In a recent issue of Parade Magazine when asked for Advice for a Younger You, Glenn Close responded: I'd tell myself to listen to my heart. Listen to that little voice that says, 'Mmm, I don't think so.' Because when you override that, you basically override who you are.

Lie to everyone in this man's world if need be, but never lie to yourself, because that's the quickest road to destruction.

We are becoming the men we wanted to marry

Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.

Your pants didn't get smaller, Mommy, I assured her. Your butt got bigger.