say to oneself

“If they took you into the Actors Studio, it made one say to oneself, ‘Maybe I have something.

If only, one might say to oneself while huddled around those weird airport charging posts, I could have an outlet on my back.

Most of the time it seems easier to sigh and say to oneself, “Well, he meant well,” or, “What can you expect from someone of that generation/cultural background?” than to point out the ways that the comments hurt.

After that, the priest enjoyed sitting outside more than inside the house, because you could not see the walls of the house so well from within; a plastered house was a fine thing in Saraceni, especially when one could say to oneself, “That is mine!”

What pride, what triumph to say to oneself, I have made my age and ugliness forgotten!