“I myself have always disliked being called a "genius." It is fascinating to notice how quick people have been to intuit this aversion and avoid using the term.”

“I usually try to ignore or avoid the people I dislike, but I'm finding it increasingly difficult to ignore myself, and to avoid myself is simple impossible.”

“People have always wanted to 'improve' human beings; for the most part, this has been called morality.”

“I’d always thought I was above being fascinated by anyone but myself.”

“Fascinating. He’d never known a woman who didn’t take upresidence in front of a looking glass. “Why have you an aversion togazing in the mirror?”“Because within a mirror I can’t avoid looking into my own eyes. Thelife I’ve lived is reflected in my eyes and there are parts of it that I wishto forget.”“Yet, it has made you the fascinating woman you are.”

“I have offered myself to the inkwell of the wordsmith that I might be shaped into new terms of being.”