“The problem in this case was you can't be a middle-aged virgin in America without something being wrong with you. People can't conceive of a virtue in someone else that they can't conceive in themselves. Instead of believing you're stronger, it's so much easier to imagine you're weaker.”
“People can't concieve of a virtue in someone else that they can't coneive in themselves. Instead of believing you're stronger, it's so much easier to imagine you're weake. You're addicted to self-abuse. You're a liar. People are always ready to believe the opposite of what you tell them.”
“In a world where billions believe their deity conceived a mortal child with a virgin human, it's stunning how little imagination most people display.”
“You're safe because you're so trapped inside your culture. Anything you can conceive of is fine because you can conceive of it.”
“On a night without moon or stars you can't see a thing, but you can imagine anything.”
“you can't escape the world, and you're not responsible for how you look, if you look beauticious or butt ugly. you're not responsible for how you feel or what you say or how you act or anything you do. it's all out of your hands.”
“Everybody looks a little crazy if you're looking close enough and if you can't look that close, then you don't really love them.”