“It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.”
“One friend with whom you have a lot in common is better than three with whom you struggle to find things to talk about.”
“Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself.”
“Sometimes it’s better just to think things through than to talk about them all the time.”
“If I go on talking and talking...and telling you things about pretending, I shall bear it better. You don't forget, but you bear it better.”
“A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and a common hatred of its neighbors.”