{"quotes":[{"text":"Your identity is not in who you can be. It is in who you always have been.","author":"Ricky Maye","tags":["addiction","confidence","depression","fail","failure","failures","future","growing","identity","identity-crisis","image","mirror","past","purpose","self-harm","self-helm","self-image","self-improvement","to-write-love-on-her-arms","twloha"],"id":4412,"author_id":"Ricky+Maye"},{"text":"For so long, it was just my secret. It burned inside me, and I felt like I was carrying something important, something that made me who I was and made me different from everybody else. I took it with me everywhere, and there was never a moment when I wasn't aware of it. It was like I was totally awake, like I could feel every nerve ending in my body. Sometimes my skin would almost hurt from the force of it, that's how strong it was. Like my whole body was buzzing or something. I felt almost, I don't know, noble, like a medieval knight or something, carrying this secret love around with me.","author":"Carolyn Parkhurst","tags":["crush","identity-crisis","love","secret","unrequited-love"],"id":14390,"author_id":"Carolyn+Parkhurst"},{"text":"An android,” he said, “doesn’t care what happens to another android. That’s one of the indications we look for.'“Then,” Miss Luft said, “you must be an android.","author":"Philip K. Dick","tags":["androids","empathy","identity-crisis"],"id":22866,"author_id":"Philip+K.+Dick"},{"text":"Undergoing personal change is a difficult but necessary process of maturing into the ultimate manifestation of a desirable self. True personal transformation requires a person honestly to assess their inner spirituality and adopt a clear vision of who they want to be. An earnest person experiencing inner transformation of their values and belief system is apt to feel conflicted, confused, and disorientated. Change of self is displacement, disarticulation, and loss of self. Alteration of our self-image results in disrupting, dislocating, and modifying a person’s perspective of what is significant.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["development","disorientation","enlightenment","enlightenment","identity","identity-crisis","maturation","maturity","personal","personal-change","personal-growth","personal-growth","perspective","perspective-on-life","self-image","self-improvement","self-improvement","transformation","transformation-spirituality"],"id":30539,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"Discovering that I was adopted redefined my entire world, but it taught me that who you are doesn't change.","author":"DaShanne Stokes","tags":["adopt","adoptee","adoptees","adoption","adoption-and-attitude","adoption-day","adoption-month","adoption-search","adoption-story","change","change","discover","discover-yourself","discoveries","discovery","discovery-of-oneself","identity","identity-confusion","identity-crisis","identity-politics","identity","national-adoption-day","national-adoption-month","who-we-are"],"id":41086,"author_id":"DaShanne+Stokes"},{"text":"I had this dream, see, where I saw the whole world melt. I was standing on La Cienega and from there I could see the whole world and it was melting and it was just so strong and realistic like. And so I thought, Well, if this dream comes true, how can I stop it, you know? How can I change things, you know? So I thought if I, like pierced my ear or something, like alter my physical image, dye my hair, the world wouldn't melt. So I dyed my hair and this pink lasts. I like it. It lasts. I don't feel like the world is gonna melt anymore.","author":"Bret Easton Ellis","tags":["denial","identity-crisis"],"id":52695,"author_id":"Bret+Easton+Ellis"},{"text":"Confidence is not about being self-centered. It's about being emotionally centered, so you can better see other people.","author":"Karen C. Eddington","tags":["confidence","identity-crisis","karen-eddington","self-esteem","self-worth"],"id":63579,"author_id":"Karen+C.+Eddington"},{"text":"It’s true that many overly negative people actually fear letting go of their negativity, and it’s because it has become a part of their identity. If this is the case, make it a smoother transition by releasing and replacing one negative opinion at a time. It certainly is an identity shift, but it’s one that brings greater fulfillment and life satisfaction.","author":"Alaric Hutchinson","tags":["change","change-your-thoughts","consciousness","feeling-good","fulfillment","growth","identity","identity-crisis","inner-peace","inspirational","letting-go","letting-go-of-the-past","life","life-lessons","opinions","power-of-positivity","psychology","release","releasing-the-past","releif","satisfaction","spiritual","step-by-step","wisdom","zen"],"id":79239,"author_id":"Alaric+Hutchinson"},{"text":"We usually don't realize the thing that is defining our identity until that thing is taken away.","author":"Tim Hiller","tags":["defining","defining-yourself","identity","identity-crisis"],"id":84571,"author_id":"Tim+Hiller"},{"text":"You can either follow your dreams or adjust with your society's expectations... Either way, consequences are uncertain... The path to glory or the boulevard of mediocrity, both lead to the grave... Choose what's worthwhile, for the end is the same.","author":"K Hari Kumar","tags":["elegy","identity-crisis","inspirational","inspirational-for-writers","life","motivation","philosophy","quoteoftheday","quotes","society-denial","strangersays","thomas-gray"],"id":116390,"author_id":"K+Hari+Kumar"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":47,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}