28 Quotes About Outside-in

When compared side by side, my days can barely be distinguished from one another. The only difference is what I do after work and with whom I do it.

I’m like a fish in a pool, turning quickly to avoid what challenges it. My only decision is whether to go right or left to sidestep confrontation.

I am two people. One goes through the motions, rolling from one thing to the next; the other is withdrawn, watching a complete stranger.

The waves splash against my face, carrying a message: Welcome, you belong here.

To exist here, I’ll have to become skilled in saying no—an art in which I was once well accomplished, but one I no longer care to practice.

Even the best buzz wears off, and you wake up more trapped than the day before.

I never get used to the faces--wide-eyed and full of possibility--staring bad at me.

My discontent has accumulated over the past months, searching for a leak in the dam I’ve constructed to separate my true feelings from the situation closing in around me.

Variety may be the spice of life, but consistency pays the bills.