Quotes About Introspection

I'm torn between maintaining you as an entity to write to and talking with you as a person.

You're aware there are things you once valued and were proud of in yourself, but they exist at a remove now, because they're overwhelmed by the question of whether they would be good and acceptable to him. Morality, ambition, desire, pleasure all take a backseat to, What would he think of this, and how shall I describe it to him? All you care about is maximizing his impression of you.

I got together with Sylvère because I saw how I could help him get his life together. I'm drawn to you cause I see how you can help me take my life apart...

The difference between now and fifteen years ago is I don't think I was able, ever, to write any of those notebooks then in the 1st Person. I had to find these ciphers for myself because whenever I tried writing in the 1st Person it sounded like some other person, or else the tritest most neurotic parts of myself that I wanted so badly to get beyond. Now I can't stop writing in the 1st Person, it feels like it's the last chance I'll ever have to figure some of this stuff out.

There it was, deep & huge like it'd just risen, nearly full and red orange like a blood tangerine. It felt ominous, and I'm wondering if you feel as I do - this incredible urge TO BE HEARD. Who do you talk to?

Because she does not express herself in theoretical language, no one expects too much from her and she is used to tripping out on layers of complexity in total silence.

I was unhappy too. And until we own our history, she thought, I thought, there can be no change.

Every question, once it's formulated," she writes, "contains its own internal truth. We have to stop diverting ourselves with false questions

for the first time it occurred to her that perhaps the only thing she had to offer was her specificity. By writing Dick she was offering her life as Case Study.

Some people see the glass as half-empty, while others see it as half-full. But Jones stares at it and tries to figure out who drank the damn water.

Some of the ways we found creativity – the brainstorm, for instance – seemed completely counter-intuitive to where I knew my best ideas came from. These came (and still do come) in the quiet moments on my own, when I wasn't trying, like during long flights, cycling or the shower.

all leadership begins with self-leadership.

Ahora las preguntas claves son más profundas y más retadoras: ¿quién soy? ¿Para qué estoy en este mundo? ¿Qué tipo de persona voy a ser? Es posible que yo desempeñe muchos trabajos durante mi carrera, pero a medida que paso de uno a otro –incluso de una compañía o profesión a otra–, ¿qué queda? Quedo yo.

Nosotros tenemos que darnos cuenta de que a nosotros tampoco.

They have this majestic, glorious agony that they reawaken every day just by awakening.

I could have done something in there to stop it, that first day, before it got too far along. There'd be no stopping it, after that first day. I could have done it, if only I were a different kind of guy. But I'm not. I'm exactly this kind of guy. I'm all I've got, and I never claimed to have anything better to work with. *

How was it possible to be with someone and yet feel so utterly alone? How was it possible to be with someone as wonderful, warm and kind as Andrew and yet still wonder if love would ever find you?

Because the older I get, the less recognizable I am to myself.

Yeah, I think everybody has the crises of questioning themselves at some point or other in their lives. Is this where I should live? The job I should have? The girl I should be dating? Is this the friend I should have?

One of my chief regrets during my years in the theater was that I couldn't sit in the audience and watch me. — JOHN BARRYMORE

Sometimes I don't think I've done anything to leave my mark in this world. I'm the kind of person the world leaves a mark on.

Sometimes it's good to be alone, because that's when your heart is really open to God.

I talk to myself, especially in the car.

If you examine your motive for doing anything, you'll soon discover that your reason is that you believe it will make you happy.