In spite of my suffering, at the thought that I was sure to end up by killing myself, I cried aloud and burst into tears.
Loving her, and being loved, was the only way I could hold myself together.
I’m going, and don’t you dare try to stop me.” I ran through the door, willing myself to make it downstairs before I started to cry.
I only feel like myself when I am alone.
The image I'd had of myself as a child was someone I'd never be, and it was only recently that I realized it was okay to be who I was. - Cat
There should always be one more cat than person, so everyone has one to pet, and I have two to myself.
Leadership. I separate myself from the pack at such a great distance that it may be said that I’m a leader—a leader of one with followers of none.
When my internal voice goes external, and I’m in a noisy crowd, I can hardly hear myself think.
We soon fall asleep in each other’s arms, knowing to myself that I captured her, like a prisoner in a cage.
Reputation, reputation, reputation! Oh, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.
One unforeseen advantage of having a child was that it gave me the excuse to talk to myself to my heart's content and pretend it was for my daughters benefit.
Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.
I wash myself clean of guilt, of pain, of fear, of emotion. I am the ocean. I am empty. I am nothing.
Well, thanks for not shooting anyone, I guess", said Marcus. "My contribution was to somehow refrain from peeing myself. You can thank me later.
I learned that if I could read, I could cook. I surprised myself I like it.
Once in a very long time you come across a book that is far, far more than the ink, the glue and the paper, a book that seeps into your blood.
As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations, the kind of places that make a reader's hair stick on end.
For me, a journey to Damascus is an amazing hunt from beginning to end, a slice through layers of history in search of treasure.
But, it’s not what they think of you that matters, it’s what you think of yourself. If I’d said something mean to them, I wouldn't like myself very much.
Move to a new country and you quickly see that visiting a place as a tourist, and actually moving there for good, are two very different things.
He made me feel wanted - good about myself, even. Like he immediately accepted me for me, no questions asked.
