Ancient Quote by Yvor Winters

“It was an alarming thought that these false selves should still have me in their power, and in my bewilderment I began wondering whether…

— Anna Kavan

So for my own survival and my growth, as a soul, as an artist and as an emotional being, it was best that I…

— Terence Trent D'Arby

My sense of identity broke down and was replaced by something that is very hard to put into words. Awareness, Consciousness.

— Eckhart Tolle

My body became aligned with my identity, and it was profound.

— Vivienne Ming

“At that time the individual did not exist. There was not an awareness of a distinction between “I” and “you”. The birth of I…

— Gao Xingjian

She had all her life long been accustomed to harbor thoughts and emotions which never voiced themselves… They belonged to her her and were…

— Kate Chopin

“We seemed to share certain ideas about what happens in childhood, when you have to place yourself under the sign of your own name,…

— Rachel Kushner

“You're awfully sure of yourself, aren't you? But ask yourself this: How can you know that you didn't spring up fully formed, all of…

— Cory Doctorow

...it occurred to her how some people continued through no design of one's own to be in one's life while others might initially enter…

— Susan Minot

I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right.

— Tracy Chapman

When you sit quietly and let go of every false self-definition , of everything you think you know about who you are, and then…

— Erich Schiffmann

“Her mind moved around and around the subject, moving with a kind of fuzzy firmness. With no coherent thought process, she arrived at a…

— Jim Thompson