“But you ain't part of it, are you?" said Granny conversationally. "You try, but you always find yourself watchin' yourself watchin' people, eh? Never quite believin' anything? Thinkin' the wrong thoughts?”

“However much you love somebody, you should always keep a part of yourself to yourself. Never give it all. You can never be yourself otherwise.”

“The more you try to be interested in other people, the more you find out about yourself.”

“If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.”

“I ain't never found no place for me to fit. Seem like all I do is start over. It ain't nothing to find no starting place in the world. You just start from where you find yourself.”

“When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.”

“If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.”

“You never find yourself until you face the truth.”

“Yo can always take back the lost parts of yourself if you can find and recognize them.”

“You are James Herondale, said Uncle Jem. As you always were. Part your mother, part your father, part yourself. I would not change any part of you if I could.”