Quotes About Introspection

She smiled bitterly, and once again the mask she wore so well, the firm lady of strong, impatient indifference whom he'd met when he first walked into the church a week before, broke apart, revealing the vulnerable, lonely soul underneath. She's just like me, he thought in wonder. She's as lost as I am.

Fact is, I never knowed a Negro from that day to this but who couldn't lie to themselves about their own evil while pointing out the white man's wrong, and I weren't no exception.

I played it for myself many times, thinking, wishing, hoping that the world would be this open-minded, knowing that God

how long could I go on before she'd find out who I was? She'd know it before long. Besides, how can somebody love you if you don't know who you is?

We do not recognize our souls until they are in pain.

War presents itself as necessary for self-protection, when in fact it is necessary for self-identification.

I never miss a good chance to shut up

the next morning, fang and i broke up. now let me get this strait, i broke up with him. a split second after he broke up with me.

Fang. I had to do some thinking about him. Me. I had some thinking to do about me too.

When your own romantic life is falling apart, everyone else's looks fabulous.

You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading.

Once I was seated, I couldn't help people-watching. I'll admit it, I'm an addict from way back.

I'd been told that he had been created-literally created-just for me,as my perfect other half. Let me tell you-if Dylan was my perfect other half, then i needed to give my first half a seriouis look-see.

Why, the little Voice inside my head, of course. You mean you don't have one? I did.

I stood there watching Phoebe arrange the pillows and the sheets. She isn't thinking that I... I mean, she doesn't think that she and I would... WHAT?

I knew my transformation was complete when Dr.Keyes asked, How are you feeling today, Tandy? and I responded I'm not

If this was what life was like without words - a life of doing, not just talking - I just might be willing to give them up forever.

Yes, I sounded like a pathetic weenie. I prefer to think of it as showing my softer side.

You're your own worst enemy, Marta always said to me. You don't need anyone to torment you because you do it to yourself.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, I am my mother after all.

DIAGRAMMING MY DEATH SENTENCE

I mentally reviewed possible responses: 1) Sardonic laughter (always good) 2) Rolled eyes and snort of disbelief 3) Sarcastic "You have got to be kidding me." Any

You know. "I only know that I've lost my faith in You." The "voice" resonated in my mind. I haven't lost mine in you.

Can we ever really judge behavior by the behavior itself? Lesson learned. Most often, we can't.