Megan Abbott Quotes

Every character is asking: 'What's my place? Why am I here? I don't want the answer to be 'Just because.' You find your own purpose. Each finds the reason to be here and how to contribute.

The value of identity of course is that so often with it comes purpose.

So there was a fire inside me. And that fire inside you, it can be turned into a negative form or a positive form. And I gradually realised that I had this fire and that it had to be used in a positive way.

Everybody has their story - at some point you have to say, 'This is who I am: Now it's up to me to become what I want to be.'

I think it is such an amazing moment when people realize what they are and what they can be, and they start putting themselves out into the world. I think you can see it in people when it's happening. They look different.

I've realized the person that I've always been and this gift that I've always had just had to be brought to light. It surprised me the most that being more who I am and not who I thought I had to be would make me successful.

I think that my whole journey had been getting to the place where I can accept myself for who I am, to be the woman that I'm meant to be, but you have to get there first.

Until you love yourself, you will never know who you really are and you won’t know what you’re really capable of

You must be the person you have never had the courage to be. Gradually, you will discover that you are that person, but until you can see this clearly, you must pretend and invent.

Rise up and become the person you were meant to be.

I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it's up to them to find that quality and let it live.

On some level, we as human beings can be who we want to be.

The more you create authentic power, the more the characteristics of authentic power become yours, and the more meaning, purpose and joy enter your life.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

You change the world by being yourself.

The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!

The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It's not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it's about self-revelation, becoming who you are.

I want to reclaim who I am.

I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turn into confident ducks.

I want to inspire through example. I hope my books motivate others to open doors and windows that will help them to embrace their own truth, light and joy.

I came to love, I came into my own.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Rise above yourself.

I see myself as a flashlight in the dark. I'm not trying to be overlooked anymore.