“You only ask people about themselves so you can tell them about yourself.”

“The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend.”

“How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?”

“Almost all the time, you tell yourself you're loving somebody when you're just using them. This only looks like love.”

“The difference between how you look and how you see yourself is enough to kill most people. And maybe the reason vampires don’t die is because they can never see themselves in photographs or mirrors.”

“If you ask me, most people have children just as their own enthusiasm about life begins to wane.”

“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.”