Quotes About Introspection

Although, if you like everything you read, I can't take you seriously. Perhaps you didn't think about these books long enough.

It was always better to say less.

Somewhere after being sorry, there had to be another day, and even after a conviction, there could be good in the judgment.

It was his way to ask many questions when he wanted to know someone's mind. Most people told you their thoughts in words and later confirmed them in actions.

because he knew well enough to draw a thick line between what was public and what was private.

I'm not a good man, but I'm not a bad one, either.

Somewhere after being sorry, there had to be another day, and even after a conviction, there could be good in the judgement.

Noa didn't care about being Korean when he was with her; in fact, he didn't care about being Korean or Japanese with anyone. He wanted to be, to be just himself, whatever that meant; he wanted to forget himself sometimes.

Nori was not a bad person. It was just that she felt like she had no clear sense of him after nineteen years of marriage, and she doubted that she ever would. He didn't seem to need her except to be a wife in name and a mother to his children. For Nori, this was enough.

He wanted to be, to be just himself, whatever that meant; he wanted to forget himself sometimes.

His presence would prove to the world that she was a good person, an educated person, a liberal person. Noa didn't care about being Korean when he was with her; in fact, he didn't care about being Korean or Japanese with anyone. He wanted to be, to be just himself, whatever that meant; he wanted to forget himself sometimes.

Hers was a beauty that alienated-she was not cold exactly, but she did not offer warmth or ease-she possessed a kind of eerie solitude.

Every day you are closer to your death. You are half-dead already. Where does your identity come from?

It was as if she had decided some time ago that she would not care what she looked like beyond being clean, as if to pay penance for having once cared about such things, when in fact she had not.

His presence would prove to the world that she was a good person, an educated person, a liberal person. Noa didn't care about being Korean when he was with her; in fact, he didn't care about being Korean or Japanese with anyone. He wanted to be, to be just himself, whatever that meant; he wanted to forget himself sometimes. But that wasn't possible. It would never be possible with her.

The more she got to know this man, the more she realized that the man she'd loved as a girl was an idea she'd had of him - feelings without any verification.

MAN is a slave only to his own mental lethargy.

And Mary preserve our mistresses from seeing us as we see ourselves.

Does your mirror Bedevil you?

I have such a rich fantasy life, I can't help it. I do make up a lot of romantic stories in my head.

As my mom has said, when one person is unhappy, it usually means two people are unhappy but that one has not come to terms with it yet.

I just want ambitious teenagers to know it is totally fine to be quite, observant kids. Besides being a delight to your parents, you will find you have plenty of time later to catch up.

I would rather have someone read my diary than look at my iPod playlists.

I am the kind of person who, if my feelings are unrequited, can completely detach from someone emotionally if I simply put my mind to it.