“They thought I suffered from lack of exterior, when I suffered from excess of interior.”— Romain Gary, amazon.com
“There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.”— G. K. Chesterton, amazon.com
“Maybe who we are isn’t so much about what we do, but rather what we’re capable of when we least expect it.”— Jodi Picoult, amazon.com
“Often, it’s not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant to be, and already are, but don’t know how to be.”— Heath L. Buckmaster, amazon.com
“Body cells replace themselves every month. Even at this very moment. Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“You have so many layers, that you can peel away a few, and everyone’s so shocked or impressed that you’re baring your soul, while to you it’s nothing, because you know you’ve twenty more layers to go.”— Craig Thompson, amazon.com
“I think of rivers, of tides. Forests and water gushing out. Rain and lightning. Rocks and shadows. All of these are in me.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“I’ve always found that the most beautiful people, truly beautiful inside and out, are the ones who are quietly unaware of their effect.”— Jennifer L. Armentrout, amazon.com
“Your handwriting. The way you walk. Which china pattern you choose. It’s all giving you away. Everything you do shows your hand. Everything is a self portrait. Everything is a diary.”— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com
“It is, I think, impossible to know any man. His thoughts, his own secret emotions, the way his mind works upon the things he sees - those things are the man. All the outsider sees is the shell, the mask - you see?”— Eric Ambler, amazon.com
“When we’re young, we are desperate to fit in. When we’re older, we are desperate to stand out. Just be YOU and you’ll achieve both.”— Matthew Santoro, twitter.com
“I think that people just have this core desire to express who they are. And I think that’s always existed.”— Mark Zuckerberg, amazon.com
“I understand that nobody understands me, but I can’t be someone I’m not.”— Audrey Tautou, telegraph.co.uk
“Someone once told me that human beings have three dimensions: how you see yourself, how others see you, and how you want others to see you. The closer the distance between the three dimensions, the more at peace you are and the more stable you become.”— Marwa Rakha, amazon.com
“I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.”— Marilyn Monroe, goodreads.com