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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I snap at people I love all the time, and that makes me feel bad about myself. I want to be Zen. I am so not Zen. Whatever Zen is, I'm the opposite of it.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Internet has become my enabler. It keeps me from stillness and discomfort, and this keeps me from growing.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
When in doubt, I choose love above any particular ideas offered to me about faith.
- Hell
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- Nov 07, 2020
Book tours are super hard for me as a raging introvert. I love humanity, but actual humans are hard for me. So something like a book tour - where I'm constantly on the road - scares the hell out of me.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Korea taught me nothing, for no one spoke of it when I was growing up, except as something about how wonderful the girls in Japan were. Vietnam taught some of us more than we perhaps ever wished to know.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes my mother had difficulty communicating with me about certain topics.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having felt people's love and support first hand through difficult moments in my life makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd love to have a program like 'Dr. Laura.' I studied psychology at the University of Miami, and when I rode the bus home from school, perfect strangers would strike up conversations with me and end up telling me their life stories. I think they could sense that I was studying to help people. That, or I have a face like a priest.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020