“I have a very low regard for cynics. I think it's the beginning of dying.”
“I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is very much the same thing. ”
“Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism.' It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success.”
“You're such a cynic," Molly said."I think cynics are playful and cute.”
“Do you realize why is it I'm so driven to operate within the Establishment? It's vengeance. 'Hope I die before I get old' is something I still have to live with, but not for the reason many people think. I have to be very, very vigilant not to become one of those people I despised.”
“I have an extremely low threshold for disorder; it offends my very being.”