“Let me be that I am and seek not to alter me.”

“The truth I am seeking is not in the drink, but in me”

“I had rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose in his grace; and it better fits my blood to be disdained of all than to fashion a carriage to rob love from any: in this, though I cannot be said to be a flattering honest man, it must not be denied but I am a plain-dealing villain. I am trusted with a muzzle and enfranchised with a clog; therefore I have decreed not to sing in my cage. If I had my mouth, I would bite; if I had my liberty, I would do my liking: in the meantime, let me be that I am, and seek not to alter me.”

“Why am I seeking? I am the same as he. His essence speaks through me. I have been looking for myself”

“He’s worth fighting for, but I won’t change who I am for any man. No more than he should alter himself to suit me.”

“Seeking Your face and not only Your hand, I find You embracing me just as I am.”