- People
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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
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing helps me to create order out of chaos and make sense of things. It helps me to understand what I've experienced, what I've felt and seen, so it becomes a little easier to handle. On the other hand, I don't want it to be just a cathartic experience, an outpouring of grief or whatever it is.
- Dog
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a problem with beginnings... and endings... and middles. But I don't know what else I would do. I find it very, very difficult to write. It takes everything; it's physically and mentally and emotionally exhausting for me. And my neighbours. And my dog.
- Freer
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was no freer soul in the world than me at age nine.
- Missing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The theme of sisters - of missing sisters, of needing sisters, the special love that sisters share or the antagonism sisters share - is something that is very close to me.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is a cliche, but in fiction, I feel it is easier for me to get to some sort of truth, some kind of more honest writing.
- Geoffrey
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Cue for Treason,' by Geoffrey Trease, radicalized my young girl brain and made me want to be a gender-bending, sonnet-writing anarchist. It really made something roar to life inside of me.
- Better Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no better way for me to end my time with the German team than by winning the World Cup.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
The national team was like a second family for me. I will always carry those 13 years of my life in my heart.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've won fair-play prizes, but that's just my nature, my character. This is who I am, and I do not feel the need to hide the real me.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
The coach told me that he has a lot of respect for me, and I am a player who has the ability to do anything I like - to score with both feet, to head well and to pass. To hear such words from a man like Voller gives me a lot of confidence and motivation.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020