I instinctively rely on my rational self to take command over the fear and pain.

My strong rational self acknowledges that it would be simple justice.

Something that Rhyme, for all his rational self, couldn't define, though he recognized it immediately.

They said the mayor had consistently done the right thing: appeal to people's most rational selves.

Yet, her rational self said, the damage was already spreading by the time Sh'gall brought her the news.

It was her rational self that found it hard to accept.

My rational self understands the random nature of such events; vicious crime can occur anywhere.

That was not her own mind, her rational self.

His rational self can be shelved for a while.

But his rational self was struggling in a torrent of anger, bitter and self-righteous.