“Within a few years, I would begin to think that the impression I left on people was, like the weather, essentially beyond my ability to control.” SelfIdentityImpressions Book:Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion Source: Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
“People often make faces, in private, in front of bathroom mirrors, to convince themselves of their own attractiveness. The ‘lively belief that an unseen audience is present,’ Goffman writes, can have a significant effect.” SelfIdentityInternet Book:Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion Source: Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
“But this imputation—this self—is a product of a scene that comes off, and is not a cause of it," Goffman writes. The self is not a fixed, organic thing, but a dramatic effect that emerges from a performance. This effect can be believed or disbelieved at will.” SelfIdentity Book:Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion Source: Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion