“The idea of going forward is an illusion. Just like Einstein said. Things change on the surface, but deep down they remain the same.”— Isabella Aguilar, Giacomo Durzi, Andrea De Sica, Damiano Younes, Riccardo Mandolini, imdb.com
“We are who we are, and that’s it, you know? Why waste another minute wishin’ we were different.”— Sam Catlin, Tulip O'Hare, Ruth Negga, imdb.com
“The truth is, if you haven’t changed who you are by the time you are in your twenties, you aren’t going to be doing much changing thereafter.”— Hugh Hefner, amazon.com
“We can’t choose what we want and don’t want and that’s the hard lonely truth. Sometimes we want what we want even if we know it’s going to kill us. We can’t escape who we are.”— Donna Tartt, Theodore Decker, amazon.com
“The person I am will always be the person I am, I realize. The context may have changed… But fundamentally, I'm the same person.”— Hanya Yanagihara, amazon.com