#introspective

She said she’d often wondered why she wanted to do some things and not do other things at all. Well, it was obvious with some things, but for others, there was no reason there. She’d spent a long time puzzling it out, then she thought that what you’d done in a past life you didn’t need to do again, and what you had to do in the future, you wouldn’t be ready to do now. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#lesbian #life #reincarnation #life

In my circle of friends, I've always been loud and funny and talkative. But as soon as I step out of that circle, I get very quiet and introspective. I don't want the spotlight on me. ↗

— Rosie Perez

#been #circle #friends #funny #get

Always try coercing others proves one doesn't want to change himself. (Suka maksain pendapat adalah bukti seseorang tak siap berubah). ↗

— Toba Beta

#coerce #ego #introspective #change

We will rich soon, and you who handle poverty badly will handle riches equally badly... In poverty she is envious. In riches she may be a snob. Money does not change the sickness, only the symptoms. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#change

Esoterically and philosophically true liberty leads to societies where we can totally pursue our real interests and are giving the intellectual or psychical vehicles to do so. There will be an understanding that everyone does the best mentally, physically, and spiritually when they are forced into nothing at all. A true reversal from what we have now. We would not have to learn to live, we would just live for whatever is our choosing. Does that sound crazy? Well I'm sure some cavemen couldn't comprehend what our society would be like, but I like to think a few did... ↗

— Andre M. Winters

#inspirational #introspective #liberty #freedom

Sometimes I feel as if there's an explanation to my life that continues to escape me; that I've missed something noble, something sublime; that in some way I have cheated myself...life is so strange, so harsh. ↗

— Will Weaver

#life

Where do thoughts come from, Father?” King Mafferan looked deeply into his twelve-year-old eyes. “While I may not be sure all thoughts are my own, I am sure when I own them. ↗

— Darryl Steven Markowitz

#introspective #inspirational

There are the those whose own vulgar normality is so apparent and stultifying that they strive to escape it. They affect flamboyant behaviour and claim originality according to the fashionable eccentricities of their time. They claim brains or talent or indifference to mores in desperate attempts to deny their own mediocrity. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

#love

Who knew better than Raquel that nothing lasts. Hope fades. And love... love hurts. ↗

— Michelle Sutton

#love #romance #love

But generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective. ↗

— Rowan Atkinson

#i #introspective #quiet #speaking #tend