Quotes About Genuineness

Whenever you are questioning a person's desire for something, consider what he does, not necessarily what he says.

I loved the solar smile he would turn on his friends at times--and on me--nonplussing us when he simply left it on us, full-beam, for such a long, long moment that we'd finally have no choice but to realize this was no social smile, no rote kind of friendliness: this was what it felt like to be completely seen and loved for a moment.

I no longer think she's just being nice. She's being kind. Which is much more a sign of character than mere niceness. Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.

Do I really have to find a word for it? Can't it just be what it is?

Kindness) is much more a sign of character than mere niceness. Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen. -David Levithan (Every Day)

She's being kind. Which is much more a sign of character than mere niceness. Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.

This Santa's beard was real, and so was his hair. He wasn't fucking around.

Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen

There are two approaches to going to a party. One approach is to try to make yourself into someone you're not. The other approach is the one I'm trying to use: instead of trying to be someone you're not, you can simply try to emphasize who you really are.

i want to say to her: i just want to be myself. and i want to be with someone who's just himself. that's all. i want to see through all the performance and all the pretending and get right to the truth.

It's so much easier when we're talking about things that are real.

The truth feels different from other things. The closest you can come to describing it is that it feels like taking a perfect breath.

The truth doesn't have to advertise itself. All the truth needs to be is true.

The truth. Really the Truth.

Kindness connects to who you are, niceness connects to how you want to be seen.

Estou aprendendo que uma vida não é real até alguém mais conhecer sua realidade. E quero que minha vida seja real.

I no longer think she's just being nice. She's being kind. Which is much more a sign of character than mere niceness. Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.

She's being kind. Which is much more a sign of character than mere niceness. Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.

Lo único que sé es que quiero algo auténtico. Sé que soy joven y que «auténtico» no significa «para siempre», [...] pero quiero sentir que la vida importa.

Saying the truth out loud makes it more real.

I think one of the highest compliments you can give a person is that when you are talking to her, you are not thinking about the fact that you are talking to her. That is, your thoughts and words all exist on a single, engaged level. You are being yourself because you aren't bothering to think about who you should be.

Estou aprendendo que uma vida não é real até alguém mais conhecer sua realidade. E eu quero que minha vida seja real.

No me creo a los que fingen interesarse por ellos. Aquí cada uno va a la suya. Lo más decente es decir la verdad.

These days, people spent too much time striving to understand their feelings - and then ended up with none that were genuine.