Quotes About Identity

I had changed since then. I had gained strength and size, and a beard that grew if I did not shave it away. But she was the same. Of course she was.

Skops, Peleus took to calling me. Owl, for my big eyes.

What about me?" I asked. Chiron's dark eyes moved to rest on mine. "You will never gain fame from your fighting. Is this surprising to you?

Hevesli o?lum ve hiç kimse olmay? seçmi? bu adam.

I would know it in dark, or disguise, I told myself. I would know it even in madness.

I'm always this color," I said. "Because I used to be made of stone.

i do not know this man, i think. he is no one i have ever seen before.

no parent can truly see their child. When we look we see only the mirror of our own faults.

He yawned, his eyes heavylidded. "what`s your name?" His kingdom was half, a quarter, an eight the size of my father`s, and i had killed a boy and been exiled and still he did not know me. i grounded my jaw shut and would not speak. He asked again, louder: "What`s your name?

So many years I had spent as a child sifting his bright features for his thoughts, trying to glimpse among them one that bore my name. But he was a harp with only one string, and the note it played was himself. "You have always been the worst of my children," he said. "Be sure to not dishonour me." "I have a better idea. I will do as I please, and when you count your children, leave me out.

Hayat?m çamurdan ve derinlikten olu?uyordu ama ben o karanl?k sular?n bir parças? de?ildim. O sular?n içindeki bir varl?kt?m

It was one thing to wear a dress out of necessity, another thing for the world to know of it. Our people reserved their ugliest names for men who acted like women; lives were lost over such insults.

Teti: "Non sono riuscita a far di lui un dio" Patroclo: "Ma hai fatto lui

I'm always this colour,' I said. 'Because I used to be made of stone'.

I am made of memories" Patroclus - The song of Achilles

Atau mereka menganggap, memang beginilah bangsa kulit putih, yang merasa lebih tinggi dan lebih baik dari bangsa kulit berwarna mana pun ?

Tidak setiap orang yang berlaku proletar adalah seorang proletar, dan tidak setiap orang yang berperilaku baik adalah seorang aristokrat

Begitukah semua orang, yang begitu lama meninggalkan negerinya, sehingga mereka tak betah lagi dimana pun, baik Belanda maupun di Hindia? Atau, kita akan terbiasa lagi, bila saja mempunyai keluarga, sebuah home?

Now was the time to get everything back on track, to figure out who I was and what I wanted to do with the rest of my life before I got all distracted by a soul mate with a bod for sin.

How could I have been anything else but what I am, having been named Madonna. I would either have ended up a nun or this.

I always thought of losing my virginity as a career move.

Losing my virginity was a career move.

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.

I always wished that I could find someone as beautiful as you, but in the process I forgot that I was special too.