"It's a thousand times harder to come back than to become. Becoming famous is hard, but making a comeback is almost impossible."
–– Cher (b. 1946), American singer and actress
Source: Alexandra Jacobs. "Turn Back Time." The New York Times Book Review, Sunday December 8, 2024; p. 27. Re: Cher. Cher: The Memoir, Part One.
via: Commonplace Book, 2024, 2025, p. 58.
"We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves."
–– Patti Smith (b. 1946), American writer, poet, singer-songwriter and musician
via: Sketchbook N 14, 2024, p. 41.
"Maybe the journey isn't so much about becoming anything. Maybe it's about unbecoming everything that isn't really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place."
–– Paulo Coelho (b. 1947), Brazilian writer and lyricist
Source: Peter Attia. Outlive. New York: Harmony Books, 2023; p. 408.
via: Aboveground Art Supplies Sketchbook 2020, 2024, p. 31.
"I've been drawing all my life, just as a hobby, without really having any shows or anything. It's just an agreeable thing to do, and I recommend it to everybody. I always say to people, practice an art, no matter how well or badly, because then you have the experience of becoming, and it makes your soul grow."
–– Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), American writer
Source: New York Times Book Review, Sunday August 20, 2023, p. 24.
"There is no place so awake and alive as the edge of becoming."
–– Sue Monk Kidd (b. 1948), American writer
via: Sketchbook A, 2018, p. 59.
