“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.”

“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 avoid literature whenever possible, because whenever possible I avoid myself...”

“For I found myself embarrassed with so many doubts and errors that it seemed to me that the effort to instruct myself had no effect other than the increasing discovery of my own ignorance”

“Standing in the line at the food court, I try to be myself. But I forget how I usually stand when I'm myself.”

“As a human, I am flawed in that it is difficult for me to consider others before myself. It feels like I have to fight against this force, this current within me that, more often than not, wants to avoid serious issues and please myself, buy things for myself, feed myself, entertain myself, and all of that.”