Allison Larkin > Allison's Quotes

“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
― Niels Bohr

“You forget your bravery. You stop trusting yourself. Other people’s words “You shouldn’t be like that,” in whatever context, become your own words “I am wrong for being like this. It’s my fault.”
― Jeffrey Marsh, How to Be You: Stop Trying to Be Someone Else and Start Living Your Life

“Heroes doubt themselves at first, just like you, but they go ahead anyway.”
― Jeffrey Marsh, How to Be You: Stop Trying to Be Someone Else and Start Living Your Life

“If the brain is a house, I like to get right to the terrifying attic and haunted second bathroom of truths and just bypass the vestibule of small talk and boundaries.”
― Betty Gilpin, All the Women in My Brain: And Other Concerns

“Running around the world trying to feel loved does not compare one grain to loving someone else.”
― Betty Gilpin, All the Women in My Brain: And Other Concerns

“Do you love me? The curse is that this question is the most addictive, distracting pursuit. Do you love me? It is the most tempting diversion from your own actualization, from your exploding into your fullest potential.”
― Betty Gilpin, All the Women in My Brain: And Other Concerns