“Egotism - usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.”
“We were all basically alone, and despite what all his studies had shown what was mistaken for closeness was just a case of mitosis.”
“Nevertheless, his very superiority kept him from being a success in college--the independence was mistaken for egotism, and the refusal to accept Yale standards with the proper awe seemed to belittle all those who had.”
“Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God.”
“Hamlet is egotism as it appears to itself, and Don Quixote is egotism as it appears to the detached observer.”
“What seems to be love beyond any question is usually a simple case of indigestion.”