“If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.”
“The cynic sees only cynicism, the depressive can taint creation with one glance”
“I didn’t mean to suggest there was anything wrong with Victor when we were in the garage,” he started in a growl that didn’t quite sound like an apology. “I’d trust him with your life.”“That’s reassuring,” I muttered with more than a trace of cynicism.“I just wouldn’t trust him with the rest of you.”
“I'm basically depressive, cynical, prone to intellectualization.”
“For myself, I find I become less cynical rather than more--remembering my own sins and follies; and realize that men's hearts are not often as bad as their acts, and very seldom as bad as their words.”
“I think cynicism is more enduring than sentimentality.”