The critic Malcolm Cowley says, "Others might say that Faulkner was not so much writing stories for the public as telling them to himself.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

He said to himself, "At least her poison has not gotten into my body yet."

VOA: special.2009.05.30

They did, honestly! His smallest mistakes made a man in his right mind cry - and shout and scream, too - to himself, of course.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

He said to himself, "We are together even though we do not talk.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

Everett thought to himself, "So,my father will talk to other people."

VOA: special.2009.03.07

He said to himself, "This will be a lonely house now."

VOA: special.2009.03.07

he thought to himself, "I will not throw it away.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

"I am cursed," Giovanni whispered to himself.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

But Ken Walsh predicts that Barack Obama, who promised to change America, will stay true to himself.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

To keep himself awake as he flew east during the long night, Post tied a piece of string to one finger.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

Mister Ramirez might not have been able to express himself in English, but he could do so with his art.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

During the trial, he argued that he had the right to use whatever means necessary to protect himself and his family.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

President Obama, in a speech on Wednesday, sought to distance himself from some of the policies of George W.Bush.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

He knows that his life depends on his success in making a fire to warm himself and dry his clothes.

VOA: special.2010.05.21