“Layer by layer I removed all that I thought I was, all that I thought I had to be and in the moment I was left standing naked and vulnerable without identities and labels, I remembered, I am that I am.”— Lenita Vangellis, lenitavangellis.com
“Sacrificing who we are for the sake of what others think just isn’t worth it.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“A lot of parents will do anything for their kids except let them be themselves.”— banksy, amazon.com
“I’ve always known that there’s more going on inside me than finds its way into the world, but this is probably true of everyone. Who doesn’t regret that he isn’t more fully understood?”— Richard Russo, amazon.com
“Alone had always felt like an actual place to me, as if it weren’t a state of being, but rather a room where I could retreat to be who I really was.”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”— Bernard M. Baruch, en.wikiquote.org
“If you're comfortable with yourself—which everyone can get to, to some extent—that's when you start getting into who is your real self.”— Shirley MacLaine, newindianexpress.com