Selves Quotes

496 quotes by 382 authors

In her presence, I was reminded again of why I was an anoretic: fear. Of my needs, for food, for sleep, for touch, for simple… — Marya Hornbacher
If he were less well trained, and less careful, he would say hate. But he canâ€™t say it; it is too close to passion, and… — Lauren Oliver
Tenderness emerges from the fact that the two persons, longing, as all individuals do, to overcome the separateness and isolation to which we are all… — Rollo May
Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship. — Carl Sagan
Like too much alcohol,self-consciousness makes us see ourselves double, and we make the double image for two selves - mental and material, controlling and controlled,… — Alan Watts
For a second I feel a rush of sadness: for the horizons that vanish behind us, for the people we leave behind, the tiny-doll selves… — Lauren Oliver
The thing that you are too young to understand is that we all hide things. We hide them from our lovers because we wish to… — Cassandra Clare
Thall shall keep thy religion to thy selves. — George Carlin
I was pushing myself to extremes in order to discover my many selves. — Jerzy Kosinski
I have had to give up so much, so many selves and lives already. I have grown up and out of the rubble of my… — Lauren Oliver
We do not escape into philosophy, psychology, and art--we go there to restore our shattered selves into whole ones. — Anais Nin
I was already dozing off in the shade, dreaming that the rustling trees were my many selves explaining themselves all at the same time so… — Charles Simic
We all know that a winter scene, though it may be covered over one day, with even the trees dressed in shawls of snow, will… — Arthur Golden
But the reality is we often become our kindest, most ethical selves only by seeing what it feels like to be a selfish jackass first. — Cheryl Strayed
Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our… — BrenÃ© Brown
Certainly. But take this into consideration: of every ten problems we have, nine are created by our own selves - through guilt, self-punishment, self-pity. However,… — Paulo Coelho
It is not necessarily at home that we best encounter our true selves. The furniture insists that we cannot change because it does not; the… — Alain de Botton
We like to pretend that our generous impulses come naturally. But the reality is we often become our kindest, most ethical selves only by seeing… — Cheryl Strayed
We think sometimes we're only drawn to the good, but we're actually drawn to the authentic. We like people who are real more than those… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Don't exaggerate. Just give your natural bitchy selves full rein — Steig Larsson

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