“I care not so much what I am in the opinion of others, as what I am in my own.”
“I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.”
“Because I care so much about what you think, my hiding has everything to do with you. I desperately want to manage your opinion of me. Nearly anything I do is to convince you I am good.”
“Besides, if I am truly immortal, I am my own grandchild, my own descendant, my own dynasty. I am not obliged to live on through what I pass down to others.”
“Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.”
“I am jealous of anyone who can make other people care so much.”