“Maybe growing up was really nothing more than growing away: from your old life, from your old self, all those things that… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
For a while, Mirabelle believes there will be a moment when he will cave in and let himself love her, but eventually… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Disease can be seen as a call for personal transformation through metamorphosis. It is a transition from the death of your old… — Tom O'Connor Copy Share Image
I was genuinely expecting 'You're just a shit actor' instead of 'We want you to do it.' I realized immediately how much… — Andrew Garfield Copy Share Image
“The ending can only start with the beginning and end with self estrangement, as to become once again his own/old self. This… — Sorin Cerin Copy Share Image
A lot of people might see me talking and being my self and mistake my words as aiming at someone, but that… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
“What remained would gradually acquire its own shape and dimension, but many of our favorite things, my favorite ways of being a… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
It's not like my old self - I'm not in character anymore, I'm me. I'm not hiding behind that anymore. — Damon Albarn Copy Share Image
“He would never want to diminish that event, that blow. It was nothing less than a calamity. It has shrunk his world,… — J.M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
Woe to those who get what they desire. Fulfillment leaves an empty space where your old self used to be, the self… — Laurie Colwin Copy Share Image
“Always remember you have been given the power to forgive any offense, and in so doing, remove it from your awareness as… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“Paul says that one weapon in this ongoing fight of faith is the practice of “disciplining” the body. He was not unaware… — John Piper Copy Share Image
'Looper' is about what your 55-year-old self would tell your 25-year-old self over a cup of coffee. It's about finding love in… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
I would tell my 25-year-old self to relax, just trust yourself, it's going to be okay. You're exactly where you're supposed to… — Andrea Hall Copy Share Image
“To me, the urge to be published is equivalent to the first quarter of the hero's journey, where normal life seems not… — Rob Parnell Copy Share Image
“I guess I just believed that I had moved beyond my old self. And now...I find that I can't escape the mistakes… — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
You might think you made a new world or a new self, but your old self is always gonna be there, just… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
You can't talk about truth without talking about learning how to die because it's precisely by learning how to die, examining yourself… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“The experience of watching Leonard get better was like reading certain difficult books. It was plowing through late James, or the pages… — Jeffery Eugenides Copy Share Image
Whoever's reading this, if anyone is reading it: does it matter that our old selves are lost to us as surely as… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“All great human deeds both consume and transform their doers. Consider an athlete, or a scientist, or an independent business creator. In… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“He was my husband, my apartment mate, my soul mate, the father of the little plant in my confused soil, the lover… — Elizabeth Kostova Copy Share Image
... I felt like a new man; but I was disappointed with the photographic documentation because I still saw always the old self. — Arnulf Rainer Copy Share Image
“In the hardest moments of a long race, the athlete’s entire conscious experience of reality boils down to a desire to continue… — Matt Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Tests showed cancer of the larynx and the doctor advised an operation immediately. I was informed that my larynx had to be… — Jurgen Neukirch Copy Share Image
