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Franz Kafka1 quote
A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us. — Franz Kafka · 1904Fred Rogers1 quote
Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime's work, but it's worth the effort. — Fred Rogers · 2003George Eliot1 quote
There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms. — George Eliot · 1876Jackson Pollock1 quote
Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is. — Jackson PollockKate Chopin1 quote
She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world. — Kate Chopin · 1899Leo Tolstoy1 quote
Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed. — Leo Tolstoy · 1877Louise Bourgeois1 quote
Art is a way of recognizing oneself, which is why it will always be modern. — Louise BourgeoisMarcel Proust1 quote
Every reader, as he reads, is actually the reader of himself. The writer's work is only a kind of optical instrument he provides the reader so he can discern what he might never have seen in himself without this book. The reader's recognition in himself of what the book says is the proof of the book's truth. — Marcel Proust · 1922Ray Bradbury1 quote
I discovered me in the library. — Ray Bradbury · 2010Tyler Durden1 quote
How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight? — Tyler Durden · 1999