“Turns out it was mostly a lie. But, at least for a short while, it was a beautiful one.”

“In Leon's account of his life, no-one was mean-spirited, no-one schemed or lied or betrayed; everyone was celebrated at least in some degree... Leon turned out to be a spineless, grinning idiot.”

“The least strained and most natural ways of the soul are the most beautiful; the best occupations are the least forced.”

“So you're all alone. And, for a short while, at least until it sinks in, you can fake anything.”

“The most important thing is believing your beautiful. The benefit of improving one's looks lies largely therein.”

“It is the plight of man. And while the blame lies partly on the river " Lotus gestures towards the dark waters before us "most of the blame lies on man's inclination to tune into the noise that blares all around him instead of the beautiful silence that lies deep within.”