Quotes About Introspection

When I'm with him, I feel like a completely different person. I like the way this person feels. And then I wonder - is this the person I really am? How can you know for certain what parts of yourself are authentic and what parts you've invented to make life bearable?

I ponder how we can put a man on the moon, fly shuttles back and forth to outer space, send probes to Mars, and yet we can't traverse the boundaries in the human heart, fix what's wrong. How can things still be this way?

Who are you, really? The question penetrated, echoed, demanded an answer. It nipped at me in ways I wasn't prepared for, pinched in places I didn't like. Was I really so entrenched in the world I'd been raised in, so set in my ways that I couldn't look beyond the surface of another person and see a human being? Was I that shallow?

But ain't it always the way, Birdie, that the easiest faults to find in other people are the ones you got yourself?

everyone has history. Just because we're not always happy with what's true doesn't mean we shouldn't know it. It's how we learn. It's how we do better in the future. Hopefully, anyway.

hear the tune, she must only stop talking. To herself, I mean. We're always trying to persuade ourselves of things.

We're always trying to persuade ourselves of things.

ponder how we can put a man on the moon, fly shuttles back and forth to outer space, send probes to Mars, and yet we can't traverse the boundaries in the human heart, fix what's wrong.

always assume people's behaviors are a reaction to something I've done, not that they're just doing their thing.

A woman's past need not predict her future. She can dance to new music if she chooses. Her own music. To hear the tune, she must only stop talking. To herself, I mean. We're always trying to persuade ourselves of things." I'm struck by the profoundness

You'll make a lot of excuses for yourself while you're letting your life tumble down a well. It's not until you hit bottom that you see what a deep hole you're in.

A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw, the less he spoke; The less he spoke, the more he heard. Why aren't we like that wise old bird?

I've been giving them all the control, but when you get right down to it, what should matter is whether or not you can live with who you are." What should matter is whether or not you can live with who you are.

E]veryone has history. Just because we're not always happy with what's true doesn't mean we shouldn't know it.

several weeks ago. I told myself

What should matter is whether or not you can live with who you are.

Again, I feel the tug-of-war between my own feelings and the hopes and plans my family has always held for me. The plans I always thought I held for myself.

Conscience is a formidable and determined adversary. By nature, it strikes the weakest point in a man's reasoning.

May comments, "We're always trying to persuade ourselves of things." Are

Even Cheetah said, "I don't want to like her, but sometimes I think I do. Wait! Did I just say that?

You shall not twist my bones into a star's shape, nor plant my hair as roots for the dreams of the living; and if you open my heart and run your poet's fingers over its walls and cushions you will find it is like yours, dark.

What luxury, to be so happy that we can grieve over imaginary lives.

When I am asked how I began writing poems, I talk about the indifference of nature.

What happened is, we grew lonely living among the things