#introspection

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

#introspection #inspirational

When I do comedy, I lose all inhibition and introspection. I no longer care. ↗

— Jessica Alba

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But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in. ↗

— Junot Díaz

#introspection #life

Tamsen lay listening to the crashing of the waves on the beach, the symphony of the ocean competing with the orchestral maneuvers of the first birds singing in the dawn. ↗

— Toni Kenyon

#nature-s-beauty #romance #beauty

Talking with Elaine like that, with no judgment from her or anything, seemed to bring my feelings more to the surface so I could look at them. I love times like that; you don't get many of them. (Walker, in STOTAN!) ↗

— Chris Crutcher

#introspection #self-reflection #unconditional_acceptance #friendship

Sometimes I feel like one of those sliding tile puzzles. I just get so dang close to what I want to see in the mirror and who I want to be... but then I have to completely jumble up the pieces to try to get even closer. ↗

— Erica Goros

#inspiration #introspection #life #self-help #self-improvement

Wrestling through her introspection has coloured  her views of life, people and relationships. And working it out, with all the excitement, pain and fear that went with it, has given her a strong sense of herself. She knows who she is because of it. Not only that: it has given her a strong bond to those who are also, in different ways and for different reasons, disconnected from society. ironically, she is connected to the Aaron's and Kyra's of this world by the fact that they are each of them disconnected. ↗

— Sarah Rayner

#introspection #self-aware #relationship

I've learned that there is no currency like trust and no catalyst like hope. There is nothing worse for building relationships than pandering, on one hand, and preaching, on the other. And the most important quality we must all strengthen in ourselves is that of a deep human empathy, for that will provide the most hope of all--and the foundation for our collective survival. ↗

— Jacqueline Novogratz

#introspection #society #strengthening-relationships #relationship

So he explored, explored within himself, scanning himself with a lamp, as if it were not himself at all but some strange monster that he had been commanded to guard. ↗

— Hermann Bahr

#monster #introspection

When corruptors blame each other, the strongest wins. Apabila sesama koruptor saling menyalahkan, yang terkuat menang. ↗

— Toba Beta

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