Quotes About Introspection

I happen to believe that America is dying of loneliness, that we, as a people have bought into the false dream of convenience, and turned away from a deep engagement with our internal lives.

It's a useful way to see what's there. A lot of times, it isn't much.

Quizá sí estaba más sola que nadie en el mundo. Quizás eso no estaba mal.

The mission of literature is to tell us who we are."—Cheryl Strayed @CherylStrayed

our minds are small, but our hearts are big. Just about every one of us has fucked up at some point or another

Let yourself be gutted. Let it open you. Start there.

Our minds are small, but our hearts are big. Just about every one of us has fucked up at one point or another. You're in a pickle. You did things you didn't hope to do. You have not always been your

certain point we get to decide who it is we allow to influence us.

I know it's a kick in the pants to hear that the problem is you, but it's also fucking fantastic. You are, after all, the only person you can change.

It's not about becoming a movie star. It's about the down-in-the-dirt art of inhabiting the person you aspire to be while carrying on your shoulders the uncertain and hungry man you know you are.

I happen to believe that America is dying of loneliness, that we, as a people, have bought into the false dream of convenience, and turned away from a deep engagement with our internal lives—those

we often become our kindest, most ethical selves only by seeing what it feels like to be a selfish jackass first.

Of himself Grant said, "I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be and I finally became that person. Or he became me. Or we met at some point.

We like to pretend that our generous impulses come naturally. But the reality is we often become our kindest, most ethical selves only by seeing what it feels like to be a selfish jackass first.

She couldn't help but think that she'd ruined his life. It didn't yet occur to her to wonder about having ruined her own.

Against my will I stand beside my own reflection It's haunting how I can't seem To find myself again

Every step that I take is another mistake to you.

Being seen through, with wisdom and detachment. And being found, not to have a big booger hanging out of his nose, but to be of some mysterious value.

All this huggermugger, macho intimidating shit is wearing me out. I'm gonna make myself a promise not to kill anything for a week.

At the Blarney Stone, an hour had passed since Stephen and Joseph first sat down. A lot had gone down in that time, the least of which was another pitcher of beer. Now they sat, staring dully at each other like a pair of frogs in formaldehyde, wondering how to wrap things up.

You think too much. That's the problem with you intellectual types. You spend so much time thinking about life that you can't live.

The world's most sensible and the most idiotic person lies within us.. the worst part is we can't say who is who

My judgmental relatives, Uncle Conscience and Aunty Guilt, started to ring the doorbell in my head.

The world's most sensible person and the biggest idiot both stay within us. The worst part is, you can't even tell who is who.