Identity Quote by Kōbō Abe

“Curiosity being one of the forms of self-revelation, a systematically incurious person remains always partly mysterious. ”

— Joseph Conrad

“Divesting oneself so totally of the customary feelings of alienation and distrust that the subsequent acceptance was intellectually orgasmic.”

— Anne Rice

“... Some people, under a nervous and self-effacing manner, conceal a great deal of vanity and self-satisfaction.”

— Agatha Christie

“Human nature is both predictable and mysterious; prone to great and sudden advances, yet still mired in despicable self-interest.”

— Neal Shusterman

“self-actualized person has a strong desire for privacy; vehemently resists enculturation, but always has a freshness of appreciation; and has a genuine desire to…

— Wayne W. Dyer

“Avoid chasing after the never ending deluge of potential trinkets.”

— Steven Redhead

“The same feeling of not belonging, of futility, wherever I go: I pretend interest in what matters nothing to me, I bestir myself mechanically…

— Emil M. Cioran

“There is little more likely to exasperate a person of sense than finding herself tied by affection and habit to an enthusiast.”

— Polly Shulman

“My outsides are precise and unreliable. The illusion of self is increasingly purposeful. A sort of erasure. Inside of me, a flex. A fervor.…

— Kris Kidd

“Something is profoundly wrong with the way we live today. For thirty years we have made a virtue out of the pursuit of material…

— Tony Judt

“Instead of being fascinated by the things around us, we now try so hard to fascinate others by the things on us.”

— Ika Natassa

“Your oddity is your hottest commodity but you scratch yourself like it's the lottery to reject yourself mentally, spiritually & bodily.”

— Curtis Tyrone Jones