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Quotes About Identity

I am my thoughts, but the sources of my thoughts exceed me. I do not own myself, because the darkness comes before me.
~ R. Scott Bakker
But you do understand. Think, Leweth. If we're nothing more than our thoughts and passions, and if our thoughts and passions are nothing more than movements of our souls, then we are nothing more than those who move us. Who you once were, Leweth, ceased to exist the moment your wife died.
~ R. Scott Bakker
If you find yourself taken unawares by someone you thought you knew, recall that the character revealed is as much your own as otherwise.
~ R. Scott Bakker
few things are more familiar, he supposed, than finding oneself a stranger.
~ R. Scott Bakker
If we're nothing more than our thoughts and passions, and if our thoughts and passions are nothing more than movements of our souls, then we are nothing more than those who move us. Who you once were, Leweth, ceased to exist the moment your wife died.
~ R. Scott Bakker
Men, Kellhus had once told her, were like coins: they had two sides. Where one side of them saw, the other side of them was seen, and though all men were both at once, men could only truly know the side of themselves that saw and the side of others that was seen—they could only truly know the inner half of themselves and the outer half of others.
~ R. Scott Bakker
Sometimes you think that there are several people inside you; one brave, one cowardly; one intelligent, and another who is a fool. You don't seem to be able to control which one it is who takes command of the situation.
~ Unknown
My name is Abe Marcus. Ned and I are identical twins. We look exactly alike. Even Ma and Pa can't tell us apart. But we don't act alike. I am the serious twin. Maybe it's because I am two minutes older.
~ R.L. Stine
I became more and more confused. My brain got so fuzzy, I even began to wonder if I'd ever actually been a boy at all. Maybe I'd really been a bee for my entire life, and I'd just dreamed about being a boy.
~ R.L. Stine
Would you love me if you knew I suck down liver blood in the supermarket?
~ R.L. Stine
dude. I'm twelve, but I look like a high school guy. I'm pretty strong, too. That's a good thing. But I guess kids also call me Monster because of my temper.
~ R.L. Stine
God made only one you and He threw the mold away.
~ R.T. Kendall
What's your name?' she asked, and surprised herself. But for some reason, she wanted to know. Dean's brother—he hadn't been just some nameless Bad Guy Number Four. This vampire wasn't, either. He had a name, a history, maybe even people who cared what happened to him. 'My name is none of your business,' he said, and continued to stare out the window, even though there was nothing but blurry brick out there. 'Can I call you None for short?
~ Rachel Caine
Because you've got guy parts, you're automatically a better mechanic than me? I don't think so, Eve said, and bailed out of the passenger side.
~ Rachel Caine
I drink blood, you eat tacos, get the f*ck over it! -Michel Glass
~ Rachel Caine
Is it him?" Dad asked. "Did he get you into trouble?" "Not me," Shane said. "I've just got that kind of face.
~ Rachel Caine
What was your name again? Still Eve. No, I'm sure it's something else. That doesn't seem right.
~ Rachel Caine
Morely: You're trying to make me [i]Amelie[/i] Oliver: Goodness, no. You'd look terrible in a skirt
~ Rachel Caine
Excuse me? You're a lady? I bought a title on the Internet. I own one square inch of Scotland. And you're changing the subject.
~ Rachel Caine
I'm insane, not forgetful.
~ Rachel Caine
How can you smell this good after the kind of crappy day we've had? I sweat perfume. Like all girls.
~ Rachel Caine
Of course, I thought I was badass at sixteen, too. Wait, I was badass at sixteen. Oh, yeah.
~ Rachel Caine
Sam talking to a frat boy - You. O Positive. How many exits? What?....Oh shit, did you just call me by my blood type?
~ Rachel Caine
Who's your daddy?' Myrnin stared at him as if he'd gone completely mental. ' Excuse me?
~ Rachel Caine