Voices step forward and tell the truth. Who they are, who they were, or who they might become. Some speak with humor, some with pain, some with fierce honesty. Each one is a small act of saying, “I am.”

“I am an outlet.” ~ Sylvia Plath

“I am what I am, so take me as I am.” ~ Johann von Goethe

“I am that I am, a shining being and a dweller in light who has been created from the limbs of the divine.” ~ Egyptian incantation

“I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.” ~ Sylvia Plath

“I am so pretentious I love it!” ~ Julie Delpy

“Sit in it, be with it, be in it. There is such a freedom, in a weird way, to say, ‘Look, here I am, this is it.’ You move through it faster.” ~ Jennifer Aniston, People, February 6, 2006

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” ~ Lao Tzu

“The night knows nothing of the chants of night. It is what it is as I am what I am.” ~ Wallace Stevens

“One: I am a Welshman; two: I am a drunkard; three: I am a lover of the human race, especially of women.” ~ Dylan Thomas

“I think and that is all that I am.” ~ Wayne W. Dyer

“I’ll try and carry off a little darkness on my back, till things are brighter. I’m the man in black.” ~ Johnny Cash

“I am not dead. I am not sick. I am only broken.” ~ Frida Kahlo