“ Consciousness of self was an inherent function of matter once it was organized as life, and if that function was enhanced it turned against the organism that bore it, strove to fathom and explain the… Thomas Mann
“ With endless pharmacological supplies at our fingertips, we do not need to penetrate the motives behind our actions, feelings, transgressions, dreams, and phobias. High on chemical substances we can r… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ You are caught in the vicious cycle. You are hesitant because you are not used for things going your way. And things will never go your way because you remain hesitant. You see what you want, become h… Pook
“ If I were to draw, I would apply myself only to studying the form of inanimate objects," I said somewhat imperiously, because I wanted to change the subjects and also because a natural inclination doe… Italo Calvino
“ We shouldn't hide behind anger or anonymity when reliving the past because all that’s happened and all those who belong in our past are part of our story. Melizena
“ If I so much as dare to intimately probe the reflection I see in the mirror, I am filled with the tormenting fear that I might be repulsed. God invites us to boldly probe the reflection in the mirror… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ There's such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I am such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn't be… L.M. Montgomery
“ There’s just something unsettling about studying your reflection. It’s not a matter of being dissatisfied with your face or of being embarrassed by your vanity. Maybe it’s that when you gaze into your… Dean Koontz
“ We inhabit an internal world that is subject to diversification. Every day we undergo personal transformation based upon experiences, thoughts, and feelings. Kilroy J. Oldster
“ It seemed that for every evil they defeated, worse took its place, but Vaughn banished the thought that this all might be a cruel game, a hoax played on the… ''No! I know what true Goodness, true Life… Darryl Steven Markowitz
“ Mom, Dad, I’m fourteen, I see what the world is like. And, no, I did not get this from the psychologist...I came to this understanding on my own, from what I really see in myself and about life. Darryl Steven Markowitz
“ Trust not yourself; but your defects to know,Make use of ev'ry friend—and ev'ry foe. Alexander Pope
“ Sometimes we get so busy with our daily lives we do not take the steps and time necessary to be introspective. Ken Poirot
“ By not letting me turn you into something you're not, you've helped me be more of myself. Aleksandra Ninkovic
“ At some point in life every person encounters haunting feelings of loneliness, because the feeling of being alone and withdrawing deeply into the inner self is part of the human condition. A person mi… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ Bells ringing with no soundLaughter with no voiceHappiness lost without being foundMaking love with no noise T. Grassan
“ I found myself thinking that perhaps there was something inexorable about the way events unfolded, as if my life--which had begun to seem something not my own but rather something into which I found m… Hanya Yanagihara