Marie Lu Quotes

That's the trouble with wishing you were somebody else. As much as you may want it, you know it'll never happen, at least not in this lifetime.

...even the richest personality is nothing before he has chosen himself, and on the other hand even what one might call the poorest personality is everything when he has chosen himself; for the great thing is not to be this or that but to be oneself, and this everyone can be if he wills it.

However near and dear to you may be your wife, children, friends, they are not you; they are outside of you.

I needed to be myself and find my own identity.

Carving out an identity for yourself is important so I'm trying to do that as well.

It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.

I have no doubt who I am.

I have always felt that I am the sum total of my parts.

It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there's me.

People want to know more about me. They want to know who I am.

I think that people just have this core desire to express who they are. And I think that's always existed.

I don't know what else I would be if I wasn't me. I am not looking from the outside, looking back. I am who I am.

I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.

I've never, ever labeled myself.

In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity.

For the purposes of the play, it was perfect to be able to use that and the stresses and strains that there were. At the end of the play, the mother realizes the terrible things she had done.

When you don't inherit an identity you have to define it on your own.

When you have a lot of people telling you what you are and perceiving you in a certain way, it's difficult to find your own identity.

I have a pretty good grip on who I am.

You have to look yourself in the eye and ask, 'Who are you?' It can't be all about work.

I think, for me, it has been important to remain 'Petra from Fulnek.'

I couldn't put into a capsule one thing that represents me, I don't think.

My state of being is just unique.

Some people want to define themselves, and they should, as it's part of their identity. For me personally, I've never really had a label for myself.

The gratifying part of my journey is no one calls me a star child or a superstar's wife anymore. I think I have grown beyond that and have my own identity.