Quotes About Introspection

Why not let well enough alone? As an intense, nicotine-stained, Jean-Paul Sartre sort of man, wasn't it simple logic to expect that he'd be limited to intense, nicotine-stained, Jean-Paul Sartre sorts of women?

if you wanted to do something absolutely honest, something true, it always turned out to be a thing that had to be done alone.

Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.

He couldn't even tell whether he was angry or contrite, whether it was forgiveness he wanted or the power to forgive.

He had won but he didn't feel like a winner.

She was calm and quiet now with knowing what she had always known, what neither her parents nor Aunt Claire nor Frank nor anyone else had ever had to teach her: that if you wanted something to do something absolutely honest, something true, it always turned out to be a thing that had to be done alone.

If he wants to tell you, he'll tell you. End of story, Rose. Besides, you certainly keep your share of secrets too. You two have a lot in common." "Are you kidding? He's arrogant, sarcastic, likes to intimidate people, and—oh." Okay. Maybe she had a point.

Sometimes talking to you is like talking to myself: pretty damned annoying.

Everything about her has to do with me.

But perhaps the best part of all was that I, Sydney Katherine Sage, guilty of constantly analyzing the world around me, well, I stopped thinking.

I don't balance you like you need." "What the hell does that mean?" he exclaimed. My heart ached for him, and I was so sorry for what I'd done...but this was the truth of it all. "The fact that you have to ask says it all. When you find that person...you'll know.

I also never would have imagined I'd quote back a church lesson, but when the rest of the crowd stood up to take communion, I found myself saying to Dimitri: "Don't you think that if God can supposedly forgive you, it's kind of egotistical for you not to forgive yourself?" "How long have you been waiting to use that line on me?" he asked. "Actually, it just came to me. Pretty good, huh? I bet you thought I wasn't paying attention." "You weren't. You never do. You were watching me.

I tentatively attempted to make contact with the muscles in my body. They told me to leave them the fuck alone.

You're better than this, Adrian. Whatever the reason, you're better than it. Don't trick yourself into thinking you're weaker than you are

The ghost of a smile flickered across his lips. 'You're always the voice of reason. Just try listening to yourself once in a while.

I'm serious. She asked me what my greatest strength was. I said getting along with people." "That's not bad," I admitted. "Then she asked what my greatest weakness was. And I said, 'Where should I start?" "Adrian!" "Stop saying my name like that. I told her the truth. By the time I was on the fourth one, she told me I could go." I groaned and resisted the urge to beat my head on the steering wheel.

Maybe I was in love, but I was still me, after all.

Richelle Mead

All we can go on is what we think, how we see the world. If you can't trust your own mind what can you trust?

The best jury of your peers that you'll ever find is…well, you. Only you know what you're capable of and what you want to be.

You're on the verge of getting your soul and your life back and he's still what determines your happiness ? You don't need a relationship to be happy, Georgina.

Was Deirdre right about me purposely wanting relationships that were impossible?

Was that how I appeared? I often thought of myself as a trigger-happy queen bitch...

Damn, my word of the night