Bill could be harshly self-critical, while Mac -- though not oblivious of his mistakes -- had no time for introspection.
-- Kai Bird, The Color of Truth
Romanes acknowledged that to interpret an animal's thought processes this way required a heavy dose of inference from our own mental patterns, which we access through introspection.
-- Stephen Budiansky, If a Lion Could Talk
Religion absorbed Bailey, and following a period of intense introspection, he began a long quest to become a Congregationalist minister.
-- Thomas G. Dyer, Secret Yankees
