"Association with human beings lures one into self-observation."

-- Franz Kafka

#Self Quotes #Literature Quotes #Association Quotes

“I am just like you and everyone else. I am trying to live my life as best I can.”
“Beauty can make you powerful in a way that isn't good for you. Being OK is better for the person I have become.”
“They'll torture you for months before killing you if you run" Otis shrugged, as if this was an everyday occurrence.”
“For me, being able to be vulnerable is difficult, but it's just something that I feel comfortable doing. I need to fully understand why, the thought-process behind the character and I have to believe it. That comes from a lot of preparation.”
“I will make an average man into an average dancer, provided he be passably well made. I will teach him how to move his arms and legs, to turn his head. I will give him steadiness, brilliancy and speed; but I cannot endow him with that fire and intelligence, those graces and that expression of feeling which is the soul of true pantomime.”
“Running in Central Park is my favorite thing to wake up and do. I have my own specific path that I have to run every single time. There's a little bit of OCD involved, but I love it.”
“Settling is about not embracing what is best for you and accepting what you really don't want. When you settle, you accept less than you deserve. Settling becomes a habit and a way of life, but it doesn't have to be. According to Maureen Dowd, "The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for”
“Writing doesn't mean necessarily putting words on a sheet of paper. You can write a chapter while walking or eating.”

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