“I told myself.”

“I hate being told what to do! Especially by myself!”

Lynn Flewelling (1958) American writer

“She closed her eyes. "I didn't know that. i didn't know anything. It scares me the things I told myself. But I would have told myself almost anything, because I wanted to believe him."
"Why?"
"Because I wanted to be with you.”

Ann Brashares book My Name is Memory

“Oh, the lies that I have told myself and others. I knew it yet I didn't know.”

Anne Rice (1941) American writer

“Fortune favors the brave," I told her. It also kills the stupid, but I decided to keep that fact to myself.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

“I told myself no matter what she did i would not let the b**** take me down”

Dave Pelzer (1960) American author

“I pride myself on being incorrigible. I have a very hard time being told what to do.”

Joe Satriani (1956) American guitar player

“I'm not a very happy person," I told him."But sometimes I can trick myself into thinking I am.”

David Levithan (1972) American author and editor

“… I know all about myself now, I know. You've told me so often. You haven't left me one rag of illusion to clothe myself in.”

Jean Rhys book Good Morning, Midnight

“When my father would yell at me, I told myself someday I'd use it in a book.”

Paula Danziger (1945–2004) American children's writer