Quotes About Introspection

the world didn't see the inside of you, that it didn't care a whit about the hopes and dreams, and sorrows, that lay masked by skin and bone.

Existuje spôsob, ako sa staÃ…Â¥ zase dobrým...

It's how you were made. And that's not such a bad thing because your saving grace is that you've never lied to yourself about it. Not about that.

When the world is itself draped in the mantle of night, the mirror of the mind is like the sky in which thoughts twinkle like stars.

Under the circumstances the only honest answer an intelligent person can give to the question 'Is there a God?' is to say, 'I do not know.

You think knowing things will solve your private little griefs?

Only the person who is essentially capable of remaining silent is capable of speaking essentially.

Personally, I do not lack the courage to think a thought whole.

Ask me what you wish; just do not ask me for reasons.

The spirit of dialectical fearlessness is not so easily acquired; and the sense of isolation which remains despite the conviction of right, the sadness of the parting from admired and trustworthy [or trusted?] authorities, is the line of demarcation which marks the threshold of its acquirement.

You couldn't blame him, no, you couldn't fault him for wanting to go deeper into every fleeting moment, to study its mystery.

It's always like this after a few days here. I start to lose my bearings. The surface is one way, but then there are all these other things going on, sometimes going back decades, swirling undercurrents that I just don't understand. [p. 336]

The rag he'd used to clean the table went into the fire behind him. I saw what you are, he said, and I was ashamed. I saw what you expect from a person, and I'd call you a bitch except you demand it from yourself as well. I saw how you see me, he explained. It wasn't anything I didn't already know, but it made me wonder at what I lack, what isn't there.

You have such interesting thoughts. No wonder witches are ephemeral. You drive yourself crazy. You should simply do what you want without the soul-searching. It will be easier in the long run, Rachel Mariana Morgan.

I can think of a lot of things to do, he said, and none of them involve standing up. - Al

I turned back to the mirror, seeing that there were no lines on it. It was empty. What happened to my mirror? I said, bewildered. Then realizing that I was looking at the back of the dumb thing, I swore and turned it over.

Oh. Shit. I breathed, arms shaking as I tried to push myself up, failing. That's okay. It's nice just to lie here.

Oh, my God, when Ivy got it wrong, she really got it wrong. I didn't need a boyfriend. I had all the drama I could stand right here.

She was the most private person I knew, not even telling herself what her feelings were until she found a logical reason to justify them.

His seat belt was on, and his hands dropped from where he'd been fiddling with the visor. "You look small," he finally said, looking both innocent and wise.

Was I a fool to trust, or a wiser person finding the capacity to forgive?

Rachel, tienes que dejar de comerte la cabeza o lo echarás todo a perder-dijo su voz de seda gris con la lluvia de fondo-. La cuestión no es si podemos hacerlo, sino si prodremos vivir con la idea de no haberlo intentado.

Refuse to follow where you're led (Dancing) The line begins to blur When you look too far ahead.

It must be exhausting to be in your head, Sam once told me. I think what he must have meant was it was exhausting for him to hear about it. I exhausted him. -Cackle by Kim Harrison