Being me Quote by Sue Monk Kidd

I was a lonely, frightened little fat kid who felt there was something deeply wrong with me because I didn't feel like I was…

— Kate Bornstein

It felt as if my body was, like, literally betraying me because I went from a very athletic, straight-up-and-down little kid to a very…

— Chaz Bono

I felt like I had to be conscious of myself as a girl for the first time. I had to be more feminine. I…

— Mara Wilson

The make-up and the costumes were me being scared. I needed to create a boundary between me and the audience. To project this bigger…

— Maggie Rogers

When I was young, to have a big nose, big lips or dark skin was the worst. You were the wretched. That was something…

— Nate Parker

It is hard for me to imagine that I felt good about behaving like that. I also remember that the smallest gesture of affection…

— Bernhard Schlink

I was afraid people wouldn't take me seriously, or would stop respecting me, if I talked about how bad I was feeling. The only…

— Brad Feld

Inside, my soul became so cold I hated everything. I even despised the sun, for I knew I would never be able to play…

— Dave Pelzer

It felt like I was a bucket full of holes. Things kept going in but just as quickly, they'd drain out. So I had…

— Christian Hosoi

The fear that permeated every fiber of my being was relentless, it was cruel, and it was my best hope for getting through this.

— Hiroshi Sakurazaka

I was terrified of growing up to become the anti-me, maturing into a woman whom I would not recognise and who wouldn't recognise her…

— Lionel Shriver

The thing I greatly feared has come upon me, and what I dreaded has happened to me

— Bible