“I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then”

— Lewis Carroll

Variant: I knew who I was this morning, but I've changed a few times since then.
Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

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English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer 1832–1898

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