Introspective Quote Quotes

“There is something about being loved and protected by a parent (or guardian) knowing that I can be loved for who I am, not what I can do, or might one day become. Unfortunately it’s not usually like this in every single situation. From time to time, my parents made mistakes during my childhood. Possibly I was the mistake, or unwanted. But I don’t know. I had every material thing that I could have ever wanted, but there was still something missing, as if I felt distanced from my parents, or misunderstood, in the ways that they treated me. At times, I had felt completely loved and accepted by my parents, but for one reason or another, they were unable to care for me, provide for me, in some ways that would have been very important. Sometimes I feel like I am trying to make up for the experiences in life that were absent when I was a child.”
― Jonathan Harnisch, Sex, Drugs, and Schizophrenia

“Toby kicks another rock and we're quiet for another minute or so.

Then she says, Sometimes you seem like that too.

I don't say anything.”
― Rafi Mittlefehldt, It Looks Like This

“Grace had always imagined that she would feel some sense of warning, at least for a millisecond before her life was transformed. She fancied that she was possessed of a hyper-vigilance, an awareness of a change in the cosmic field, much as animals can sense the coming of storms and earthquakes.”
― Susan Kraus, Fall From Grace

“You can't listen to the stories other people make up about you. You have to know who you are in your heart.”
― Celyn Kendrick, Green Hills and Dragon Tales

“Am I a mouse or a minx? Granted, the mysterious man before me is rich and sexy, but what if he's the devil in disguise? Ready to incinerate me in carnal lust as he captures my soul to suck it into every sin imaginable that hell has to offer.”
― Lynn Byrne