“ Because: if our secret defines us, as opposed to the face we show the world: then the painting was the secret that raised me above the surface of life and enabled me to know who I am. And it's there:… Donna Tartt
“ And myself? Observe me. There is something to be gained from my surface uses, and perhaps a little more from my lower depths, but my very bottom? That's where I am alone, the observer and the observed… Jeanette Winterson
“ It is wisest to be impartial. If you have health, but are attached to it, you will always be afraid of losing it. And if you fear that loss, but become ill, you will suffer. Why not remain forever joy… Paramahansa Yogananda
“ I've loved Leia and Han since I was seven years old. Getting a chance to tell some of their adventures? Mind-blowing on every level. I wish I could go back in time and high-five my baby self. Claudia Gray
“ I don't believe we have a professional self Monday through Friday and a real self the rest of the time. It is all professional, and it is all personal. Sheryl Sandberg
“ Our subliminal mental processes operate outside awareness because they arise in these portions of our mind that are inaccessible to our conscious self their inaccessibility is due to the architecture… Leonard Mlodinow
“ Rather than writing about my experiences with other people, 'Ugly Cherries' is the first song I've ever written about myself. It's a confrontation: an attempt to unpack my own queerness with humor and… Ben Hopkins
“ This business switching styles can't be done honestly by one man. As soon as he can play his instrument well, he can express himself, and all his life he has only one self. Jimmy Rushing
“ How we love to blame others for our misfortunes! Almost every individual who has lost money in stock speculation has on the tip of his tongue an explanation which he trots out to show that it wasn't h… B. C. Forbes
“ There is no man so low down that the cure for his condition does not lie strictly within himself. Thomas L. Masson
“ No one can really pull you up very high-you lose your grip on the rope. But on your own two feet you can climb mountains. Louis Brandeis
“ The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life whether the case be one of coolish baked beans or an unrequited affection. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
“ To be born free is an accident to live free a responsibility to die free is an obligation. Mrs. Hubbard Davis
“ Remember Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did but she did it backwards and in high heels. Faith Whittlesey
