“To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.”

“You have never had any confidence in him. And if he has no confidence in himself it is because he sees himself through your eyes.”

“To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.”

“To be oneself, simply oneself, is so amazing and utterly unique an experience that it's hard to convince oneself so singular a thing happens to everybody.”

“Even if one is neither vain nor self-obsessed, it is so extraordinary to be oneself - exactly oneself and no one else - and so unique, that it seems natural that one should also be unique for someone else.”

“Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself.”

“--There you are. The sight of the changing world is miraculous and heartbreaking, both at the same time.--But so it is for me too. The heartbreaking side of growing old is not in the things around one but in oneself.”