Those who are brutally honest are seldom so with themselves.
A parent who has never apologized to his children is a monster. If he's always apologizing, his children are monsters.
As we are human, we can't do what we can't do; as we're neurotic, we can't do what we can.
When their children fail to charm others, few parents can stay neutral.
Flesh goes on pleasuring us, and humiliating us, right to the end.
To talk easily with people, you must firmly believe that either you or they are interesting. And even then it's not easy.