It’s a very difficult era in which to be a person, just a real, actual person, instead of a collection of personality traits selected from an endless Automat of characters.

Ah, well, being conflicted means you can live a shallow life without copping to be a shallow person.

I was not a lovable child, and I'd grown into a deeply unlovable adult. Draw a picture of my soul, and it'd be a scribble with fangs.

I feel like I need to give people a note with the book that says, 'I'm OK, no worries!'

Safer to be feared than loved.

The face you give the world tells the world how to treat you.

People love talking, and I have never been a huge talker. I carry on an inner monologue, but the words often don't reach my lips.