There was a time when you were not a slave, remember that. You walked alone, full of laughter, you bathed bare-bellied. You say you have lost all recollection of it, remember . . . You say there are no words to describe this time, you say it does not exist. But remember. Make an effort to remember. Or, failing that, invent.
Monique WittigTags: identity feminism slavery
All of us take pride and pleasure in the fact that we are unique, but I'm afraid that when all is said and done the police are right: it all comes down to fingerprints.
David SedarisTags: individuality identity
Tell me who loves, who admires you, and I will tell you who you are.
Charles Augustin Sainte-BeuveTags: identity
Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it....
George Bernard ShawTags: politics identity nationalism anti-patriotism nation
It is easier to live through someone else than to complete yourself. The freedom to lead and plan your own life is frightening if you have never faced it before. It is frightening when a woman finally realizes that there is no answer to the question 'who am I' except the voice inside herself.
Betty FriedanTags: strength identity self-discovery feminism completion independence living-vicariously
Identity is memory; when memory disappears, the self dissolves and love with it.
John LahrWhat's burning down is a re-creation of a period revival house patterned after a copy of a copy of a copy of a mock Tudor big manor house. It's a hundred generations removed from anything original, but the truth is aren't we all?
Chuck PalahniukTags: identity indiviuality
I hate how I don't feel real enough unless people are watching.
Chuck PalahniukNothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.
Chuck PalahniukTags: originality identity
I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than I shall get it of you: which I do not at all anticipate.
Charlotte BrontëTags: love empowerment gender men women freedom identity integrity romance self-determination independence self-awareness character flaws realism image ideal-woman
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