“There is the experience of enlightenment, to be very aware of what lies beyond the boundaries of cognitive perception, reflection and self-awareness as seen by the personality.” SelfLyingAwarenessBuddhismPersonalityPerceptionEnlightenmentReflectionSelf AwarenessBoundariesCognitive Author:Frederick Lenz
“Sport strips away personality, letting the white bone of character shine through. Sport gives players an opportunity to know and test themselves. The great difference between sport and art is that sport, like a sonnet, forces beauty within its own system. Art, on the other hand, cyclically destroys boundaries and breaks free.” KnowsGivingArtCharacterHandsOpportunityForceSportsDifferencesWhiteBreakPlayerPersonalityArt IsTestsShiningBonesBoundariesSonnetBeauty Within Author:Rita Mae Brown
“The world of the egotist is, inevitably, a narrow world, and the boundaries of self are limited to the close horizon of personality.... But, within this horizon, there is room for many attributes that are excellent.” WorldSelfRoomsPersonalityBoundariesExcellentHorizonAttributesEgotism Author:Ellen Glasgow
“For me, I just like to be as fun as possible, but I do like to bring a lot to a character. Given the script or the show, I know my boundaries, limits, and how far I can go with it. As far as me choosing these characters that have a lot of personality, I don't necessarily think it's intentional. I just think that I try and come up with a backstory of who they are, depending on the script or how rounded these characters are, and just go from there.” ThinkingKnowsTryingI CanCharacterShowsGivenFunPersonalityLimitsScriptsCome UpBoundaries Author:Katie Cassidy
“The biographies of the great men see their excesses as signs of their greatness. But Jean Rhys, in her biography, is read as borderline; Anaïs Nin is borderline; Djuna is borderline; etc. etc. Borderline personality disorder being an overwhelmingly gendered diagnosis. I write in Heroines: “The charges of borderline personality disorder are the same charges against girls writing literature, I realize - too emotional, too impulsive, no boundaries."” MenWritingGirlLiteratureRealizingGreatnessEmotionalPersonalityBoundariesGreat MenEtcDisorderExcessBiographiesDiagnosisHeroinesImpulsiveNo BoundariesBorderlinePersonality Disorders Author:Kate Zambreno
“'You hate America, don't you?' 'That would be as silly as loving it,' I said. 'It's impossible for me to get emotional about it, because real estate doesn't interest me. It's no doubt a great flaw in my personality, but I can't think in terms of boundaries. Those imaginary lines are as unreal to me as elves and pixies. I can't believe that they mark the end or the beginning of anything of real concern to a human soul. Virtues and vices, pleasures and pains cross boundaries at will.'” ThinkingBelieveHumansSaidI CanRealSoulEndsWould BePainAmericaHateTermInterestLinesPleasureVirtueDoubtImpossibleEmotionalPersonalityConcernCrossesMarkVicesSillyBoundariesNo DoubtFlawsImaginaryEstatesHuman SoulUnrealPain And PleasurePixiesMother NightImaginary Lines Author:Kurt Vonnegut