625 quotes found
“Im a magician with no magic, and thats no one at all.”
“To know Jesus Christ, you must first understand his supernatural identity. He is God.”
“Can we reconcile indefinitely these two imperatives: the desire to preserve every individual's special identity and the need for Europeans to be able to communicate with one another all the time an...”
“The things that truly define me cant be lost.”
“Owning Languages, Owning identities.”
“One's identity derives not from one's nation or blood but from the language one uses.”
“You are in no man's land. Which never moves, which never changes, which never grows older, but remains forever, icy and silent.”
“Du hast so viele Leben, wie du Sprachen sprichst. (You have as many lives as the number of languages you speak.)”
“The real point is this: We don't know where to go because we don't know what we are. Do you want to go back to living in a sewer-pipe? And eating other people's garbage? Because that's what rats do...”
“I was trying to work out who I was.”
“I didnt think it was my job to accept what everyone said I was and who I should be.”
“A kind of joy came upon him, as if borne in on a summer breeze. He dimly recalled that he had been thinking of failure--as if it mattered. It seemed to him now that such thoughts were mean, unworth...”
“She was looking for something I could never give her." Again his dark eyes bored into Julia's mind. "You have something of the same about you, young woman. Take my advice: Don't think you will find...”
“I remember feeling that pieces of me were scattered around the world; I belonged to her, Mother Earth.”
“Self-awareness is probably overrated. A complex, self-regulating system doesn't need it in order to be successful, or even smart.”
“[H]is mouth pursed, but pursed in American, more generous than English pursing, ready for broader vowels and less mincing sounds. His body was long and lean and trim; he had American hips, ready fo...”
“I said uselessly, "Sam, don't go."Sam cupped my face in his hands and looked me in the eyes. His eyes were yellow, sad, wolf, mine. "These stay the same. Remember that when you look at me. Remember...”
“Self-questioning and a desire to gain self-understanding is the fted act of humankind.”
“To ask who we are represents a primary reflex in human consciousness. Every person seeks to understand him or herself and reach a verifiable and cohesive image of his or her own identity.”
“You must confront your past. At some time or other you must confront your past. It doesn't flash before your eyes, I knew that, but it's always there. We are our past. There is nothing else, and no...”
