“Do you think that the things people make fools of themselves about are any less real and true than the things they behave sensibly about? They are more true: they are the only things that are true.”
“One thing you'll learn as you get older, Simon, is that when people tell you something unpleasant about themselves, it's usually true.”
“There's an intimacy in listening to somebody's lies, I've always thought--you learn more about someone from the things they wish were true than from the things that actually are.”
“The wonderful thing about self-worth is that only you can judge its true value.”
“Everything is true and not true about everything. That’s one thing I’ve learned.”
“Sure, it's a cliche -- "All things are good in moderation" -- but that doesn't make that Aristotelian concept any less true for dieters.”