“We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.”
“The fourth is there just to keep them in order because three of anything is bound to get messy.”
“Three-fourths of philosophy and literature is the talk of people trying to convince themselves that they really like the cage they were tricked into entering.”
“We build fortresses around ourselves in order to protect the things that are important to us, and we forget that what's really important to us is the connection with other people.”
“Liking other people is an illusion we have to cherish in ourselves if we are to live in society.”
“Maybe other people are like mirrors that we see ourselves in; versions of ourselves that vary dramatically depending on the particular cut of glass.”