--- title: "1 False Selves Quotes By Anna Kavan" description: "1 False Selves quotes by Anna Kavan. Plus more from Anna Kavan and more False Selves sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/anna-kavan-8510_identity_it-was-an-alarming-thought-that-these-fa_1354111.jpg" --- > [“It was an alarming thought that these false selves should still have me in their power, and in my bewilderment I began wondering whether any such thing as my real self could be said to exist at all. Like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-kavan/it-was-an-alarming-thought-that-these-false-selves-should-still-have/) [Anna Kavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-kavan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/anna-kavan-8510_identity_it-was-an-alarming-thought-that-these-fa_1354111.jpg) ## More by Anna Kavan > [At last I feel identified with the mountains, clean, cold, hard, detached.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-kavan/at-last-i-feel-identified-with-the-mountains-clean-cold-hard-detached/) [Anna Kavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-kavan/) > [“There is, I believe, a kind of telepathy between the condemned: a sort of intuitive recognition which can even make itself felt through the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-kavan/there-is-i-believe-a-kind-of-telepathy-between-the-condemned-a-sort/) [Anna Kavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-kavan/) > [I had a friend, a lover. Or did I dream it? So many dreams are crowding upon me now that I can scarcely tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-kavan/i-had-a-friend-a-lover-or-did-i-dream-it-so-many-dreams-are-crowding/) [Anna Kavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-kavan/) > [“It was always the same now, the ghost always coming between her and her life in the world, so much more important, since that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-kavan/it-was-always-the-same-now-the-ghost-always-coming-between-her-and/) [Anna Kavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-kavan/) > [“Their eyes met for a moment. And the glance that flickered between them had been a wordless message of understanding, the affirmation of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-kavan/their-eyes-met-for-a-moment-and-the-glance-that-flickered-between/) [Anna Kavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-kavan/) > [“She looked, and saw the black, domed sky arching over her head. And her heart dilated; she felt the great black dome in her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-kavan/she-looked-and-saw-the-black-domed-sky-arching-over-her-head-and-her/) [Anna Kavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-kavan/) > [“An intolerable pain pierced him. He was totally lost without her...estranged from his life utterly, and from the world. This was the world into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-kavan/an-intolerable-pain-pierced-him-he-was-totally-lost-without-her/) [Anna Kavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-kavan/) > [“Her albino hair illuminated my dreams, shining brighter than moonlight.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-kavan/her-albino-hair-illuminated-my-dreams-shining-brighter-than-moonlight/) [Anna Kavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-kavan/) > [“Everything was so quiet, as if the silence was listening.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-kavan/everything-was-so-quiet-as-if-the-silence-was-listening/) [Anna Kavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-kavan/) > [“In a polished surface of metal I happen to notice my reflected face; it wears a pale, beaten lonely look, eyes looking out at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-kavan/in-a-polished-surface-of-metal-i-happen-to-notice-my-reflected-face/) [Anna Kavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-kavan/) > [Because of my fear that the daytime world would become real, I had to establish reality in another place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-kavan/because-of-my-fear-that-the-daytime-world-would-become-real-i-had-to/) [Anna Kavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-kavan/) > [“All at once I feel desperate, outraged. Why am I alone doomed to spend nights of torment, with an unseen jailer, when all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-kavan/all-at-once-i-feel-desperate-outraged-why-am-i-alone-doomed-to-spend/) [Anna Kavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-kavan/) > [“Then instead of hurrying he was standing still, he was very tired and sweating under the heavy coat, and looking up he saw a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-kavan/then-instead-of-hurrying-he-was-standing-still-he-was-very-tired-and/) [Anna Kavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-kavan/) > [“He sees her looking at him with interest, and is encouraged to go on. 'I wouldn't be here with you now. This wouldn't be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-kavan/he-sees-her-looking-at-him-with-interest-and-is-encouraged-to-go-on-i/) [Anna Kavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-kavan/) > [“But to whom can one appeal when one does not even know where to find the judge? How can one ever hope to prove…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-kavan/but-to-whom-can-one-appeal-when-one-does-not-even-know-where-to-find/) [Anna Kavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-kavan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/false-selves/anna-kavan/#itemlist", "name": "1 False Selves Quotes By Anna Kavan", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It was an alarming thought that these false selves should still have me in their power, and in my bewilderment I began wondering whether any such thing as my real self could be said to exist at all. Like a sudden revelation, then, it became clear to me that the self was always changing, always developing, only capable of evolving fully through the integration of all past semblances. 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