Quotes About Identity

You were naming my life, which is similar but not identical to saving. We name something to make it real, to give it meaning. You can name my life and I might still die. Those aren't mutually exclusive.

We name something to make it real, to give it meaning.

He steadied himself with one great hand against the city wall. He had told me he'd never stop growing. He'd meant it literally. What had I been addressing all these years? His finger?

I cannot perch among those who think I am broken. "The thing is, Mother, you weren't broken," I muttered, as if she were standing right next to me. "I am. And it was you who made me this way." Inside my head, the [memory] box twitched like a thing alive.

Playing flute was the one thing I knew could make people see a human, not a monster.

You are all that is left of Lynn. Her own people won't even say her name. I... I value your continued existence." I could not speak. He had pierced me to my very heart.

I'd found my people and they weren't even mine.

One cannot fly in two direction at once. I cannot perch among those who think that I am broken.

I was a stranger in this family. I always had been.

Remember what you do in life is merely a reflection of who you are as a Christian, one who loves and serves the Lord.

Fight in a time of war as the man you want to be in a time of peace.

You're making this about your worthiness instead of God's

What's your story, dress?" Charlotte whispered. "Where'd you come from and why'd you come looking for me? One orphaned girl seeking another?

This was Miss Blanche's daughter? She was a mess. A beautiful mess.

You're stuck more to this place than Lorelai Gilmore is to Stars Hollow.

You don't need me or Gus to make you a princess. You are loved by God and that alone makes you royalty.

who God's called you to be. You are an amazing woman. Don't lose sight of who you are because a man can't appreciate you.

My brother ," I said with emphasis, in case the snow had blinded her and she hadn't realized exactly who she'd been standing there with.

Sides, i don't like the posed pics.They're not the real person.They're a reflection of what the person wants the world to think of her-not what she really is.

I wasn't usually one to toot my own horn, which could also explain the no-boyfriend-status of my life. If bright plumage was the key, I was closer to being a brown wren.

Mom told me you got hit by a ball last night, but I didn't think it would be that nasty looking. Does it hurt?" "It's tender," I admitted. "I have some makeup that will cover it right up. No one will know." "Maybe I want people to know. Maybe I see it as a badge of honor." "Please. It looks like the first stage of turning into a zombie.

No surprise. I was the only one at Dave and Bubba's not wearing a Ragland Rattlers cap. Talk about feeling disloyal. And uncomfortable.

I'd thought I'd be perceived as cool if I acted like I was up for anything. Instead I discovered that some things just aren't worth it.

I'm Josh Wynter, by the way." "And do you become Josh Summer in June?" I asked.