I’m a paradox. I want to be happy, but I think of things that make me sad. I’m lazy, yet I’m ambitious. I don’t like myself, but I also love who I am. I say I don’t care, but I really do. I crave attention, but reject it when it comes my way. I’m a conflicted contradiction. If I can’t figure myself out, there’s no way anyone else has.❞
- Unknown (via bl-ossomed)
This quote is by Herman Hesse from his novel Demian. Ishida quoted it in chapter 8 when Kaneki unleashes his kagune for the first time against Nishiki. I was super excited because Demian was one of the few required readings from high school that I had really enjoyed! There are actually a lot of parallels between the journeys of the protags of these two stories which was really fun to see.
We’re not as transparent as we think. We only assume people look right through us, because we look right through ourselves.❞
- William Chapman (via wordsnquotes)