“Countless human beings wear masks which they hope will cover up what they dislike about themselves.”
“All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.”
“Being a playwright, a film producer, a minister, a general; these are all masks one wears over one’s face in the society; masks don’t mean anything, for a man is what he is!”
“All societies end up wearing masks.”
“I know hardly anything about Galahad except that everybody dislikes him.""Dislikes him?""They complain about him being inhuman."Lancelot considered his cup."He is inhuman," he said at last. "But why should he be human? Are angels supposed to be human?”
“Who knows what true happiness is, not the conventional word.. but the naked terror. To the lonely themselves, that wears a mask, the most miserable outcast hugs some memory.. or some illusion.”