“Finally, it's not the lies we tell others that do the most damage, it's those we tell ourselves. From this all troubles rise.”

“…we all lie to ourselves; we tell our own selves more lies than we ever do other people.”

“The lies we tell other people are nothing to the lies we tell ourselves.”

“We all perform. It's what we do for each other all the time, deliberately or unintentionally. It's a way of telling about ourselves in the hope of being recognized as what we'd like to be.”

“There are some things we do because we convince ourselves it would be better for everyone involved. We tell ourselves that it's the right thing to do, the altruistic thing to do. It's far easier than telling ourselves the truth.”

“We all perform. It's what we do for each other all the time, deliberately or unintionally. It's a way of telling about ourselves in the hope of being recognized as what we'd like to be.--PERFORMANCE”