Quotes on identity-crisis

“I don't know who I am right now. But I know who I'm not. And I like that.”

The identity crisis... occurs in that period of the life cycle when each youth must forge for himself some central perspective and direction, some working unity, out of the effective remnants of his childhood and the hopes of his anticipated adulthood.

I’m not really sure which parts of myself are real and which parts are things I’ve gotten from books.

I wanted to be alone so I could search for the part of my life that existed before integration, the Melba I was struggling to hold on to.

What if I’m a princess on another planet? And no one on this planet knows it?

This sense of identity provides the ability to experience one's self as something that has continuity and sameness, and to act accordingly.

I am circling around God, around the ancient tower, and I have been circling for a thousand years, and I still don’t know if I am a falcon, or a storm, or a great song.

I am not the girl I used to be. I am no longer desirable, I’m off-putting in some way. It’s as if people can see the damage written all over me.

My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death.