Old Self Quotes

61 Old Self quotes by 56 unique authors

Whoever's reading this, if anyone is reading it: does it matter that our old selves are lost to us as surely as the past is… — Joyce Carol Oates
What's it like then?" asked Old Bailey. "Being dead?" The marquis sighed. And then he twisted his lips up into a smile, and with a… — Neil Gaiman
Don't they always go from bad to worse? There's no turning back--your old self rejects you, and shuts you out. ~Lilly Bart — Edith Wharton
Let me begin now, this very night, to emulate Christ. Cast off forever will be the old self and with it defeat, despair, doubt, and… — Thomas S. Monson
You might think you made a new world or a new self, but your old self is always gonna be there, just below the surface,… — Haruki Murakami
Inside the house, I turned on the kitchen light, revealing the photographs stuck every which way all over the cabinets, and then switched on the… — Maggie Stiefvater
For a while, Mirabelle believes there will be a moment when he will cave in and let himself love her, but eventually she lets the… — Steve Martin
Poppy was now almost well. She still slept more than usual, but when she wasn't sleeping she tromped around the doctor's house pulling spoons off… — Jeanne DuPrau
She had tricked him. She had made him leave his old self behind and come into her world, and then before he was really at… — Katherine Paterson
If you are renewed by grace, and were to meet your old self, I am sure you would be very anxious to get out of… — Charles Spurgeon
Those were the people who made her something, and without them she was different. She'd held on to them and to that old self tenaciously,… — Ann Brashares
Finally, Peeta turns to Pollux. "Well, then you just became our most valuable asset." Castor laughs and Pollux manages a smile. We're halfway down the… — Suzanne Collins
It's like the day you realize dolls are dolls. I pick up my old self and I see it's silly. A toy I've played with… — John Fowles
Tayend nodded. “I know it won’t. I admit I was worried about you, but you are still your old self, underneath.” Dannyl straightened in protest.… — Trudi Canavan
Remember me? I'm back to my old self again. No responsibilities, no attachments, no encumbrances. I don't want to own anything, love anyone, or get… — Danielle Steel
There was a burst of laughter so sudden Miri jumped to her feet in alarm. Bena and Liana had pushed Peder out of the bed… — Shannon Hale
To gain your heart's desire you have to lose some part of your old life, your old self. To do that you have to have… — Laurell K. Hamilton
Through learning we grow, becoming more than we were before, and in that sense learning is unselfish, because it results in the transformation of what… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
I have moments where I miss my old self. But I think anyone can get caught up in what we used to have. But at… — Steve Gleason
I wish my 15-year-old self had known about my allure to the opposite sex! — Benedict Cumberbatch
If I had any advice for my 16-year-old self, it would just be to stay strong, because acting is not an easy lifestyle, especially when… — Melissa Benoist
I recognise my old self in a lot of the letters I get from single women who are unrealistic about what they want. — Mariella Frostrup
The most difficult part of playing Christ was that I had to keep up the image around the clock. As soon as the picture finished,… — Max von Sydow
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
Maybe growing up was really nothing more than growing away: from your old life, from your old self, from all those things that kept you… — Jennifer E Smith

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