“Wow. I've never been a VIP before. I've never even been a IP.”
Sophie Kinsella (1969) British writer
Source: First Among Sequels
“Wow. I've never been a VIP before. I've never even been a IP.”
Sophie Kinsella (1969) British writer
“Even before I was me, I was God in God;
And I can be once again, as soon as I am dead to myself”
Angelus Silesius (1624–1677) German writer
The Cherubinic Wanderer
René Descartes book Meditations on First Philosophy
Variant: ... it is a mark of prudence never to place our complete trust in those who have deceived us even once.
Source: Meditations on First Philosophy
“I am dead to them, even though I once flowered.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Journals Of Sylvia Plath
“The past is never dead. It's not even past.”
William Faulkner book Requiem for a Nun
Act 1, sc. 3; this has sometimes been paraphrased or misquoted as "The past isn't over. It isn't even past."
Source: Requiem for a Nun (1951)