"And when you try to live there, to live in a place where you're betraying yourself over and over, not only do you grow to resent the hell out of it, and resent the hell out of whomever you're betraying and censoring yourself for, but the very idea of your self begins slowly and inexorably to erode. Until you realize one day out of the clear blue that you have no idea who your self is, anymore."

-- Ron Currie Jr.

#Blue Quotes #Self Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Lot of ugly funny dudes end up with some pretty gorgeous women. Women are much deeper than us in choosing a mate - they see in the long term.”
“It is hard to stop seeing your son as a son and to start seeing him as a human being. It is hard to stop seeing your parents as parents and to start seeing them as human beings. It's a two-sided transition, and very few people manage it gracefully.”
“Authors we are in danger of accepting as gospel, whereas founders of discursivity provide permeable ideas that we can elaborate upon in a tradition of constructive dialogue.”
“My happiest moment is the day they call wrap and I'm free. I'm not looking back.”
“Professionally, I feel like I won the lottery and I am the luckiest person in the entire world.”
“A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.”
“A little of what you fancy does you good.”
“I like that the best about DVD: how small it is.”

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