Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche ( NEE-chə, NEE-chee, German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈniːtʃə] or [ˈniːtsʃə]; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher. He began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy. He became the youngest person to hold the Chair of Classical Philology at the University...
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.
He was my escape, and sometimes that can feel an awful lot like love.
—Emily Giffin in Something Borrowed
I needed to be somewhere different. Maybe I needed to be someone different, too.
—Heather Davis in The Clearing
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.