Alai Quote by Orson Scott Card

“He composed himself inwardly. Sparing the world his awkwardness, hiding vulnerability. Preserving his pride.”

— Julie Anne Long

“He was entirely rid of his nervous misgivings, of his forced aggressiveness, of the imperative desire to show himself different from his surroundings. He…

— Willa Cather

“He recollected his courage.”

— Robert Louis Stevenson

“He must have been very brave and very strong, at the end, not to do himself in.”

— Jon Krakauer

“One just had to admire his deluded self-confidence.”

— Anne Taintor

“Even now he could feel the start of the long journey, the leave taking, the going away from the self he had been.”

— Ray Bradbury

“He was left a good deal to himself. He had been inclined to talkativeness, but gradually he became silent. He began to think of…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“I felt my true, unworthy self to be far away from his clutching grasp, hidden from his admiring gaze.”

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

“In his own mind, it was never a matter of courage. But courage it was.”

— Carl Hiaasen

“He needed to get over himself and start moving forward.  Gone were the days of simpering self-loathing and anger.  He was going to create…

— Travis Bagwell

“He remembered a version of himself untrammeled by expectation, unimpeded by Ego. He had suffered in the many years since then, seeking to return…

— Ashim Shanker

“No matter how fierce was the passion that gripped him, the fact is he was paralyzed, transfixed by the contemplation of his own past.…

— Natsume Sōseki