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“While it lasts, the religion of worshiping oneself is the best.”

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“I actually feel quite self-indulgent at the moment, telling you all about me, me, me. (...) On the other hand, you're a human -you should understand self obsession.”

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“Self absorption is anti-seductive; it is a sign of insecurity.”

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Author:Robert Greene

“You Russians like to think you're poets but perhaps you're just touchy.”

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Author:Jack Ryan

“And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live right now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”

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Author:Jon-Kabat Zinn

“One may expect appreciation, from others, and that one may ignore to appreciate others. Indeed, it reflects openly one's self-absorption.”

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“Honestly, Bessie? People don't care about anyone but themselves. They don't notice anything. They are never looking at what's interesting. They're always looking at themselves.”

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Book:Nothing to See Here

Source: Nothing to See Here

“The moral climate of pathological self-absorption – hedonistic egotism – defines contemporary society.”

Identity American Culture Self Image Self Absorbed Egocentric Hedonism Self Absorption Self Gratification Egotistical Life

Book:Dead Toad Scrolls

Source: Dead Toad Scrolls

“What is the proper relationship between dodgy self-absorption and a quest for perceptive understanding of our own journey? Why do we need to determine who we are? Why do I spend hours attempting to evaluate past performance, reconcile exhibited flaws in my personal character, and atone for reprehensible prior behavior? Why cannot a person be satisfied with just being? People tend to spend more time living inside their head than they do confronting reality. Is a person’s constant internal narrative dialogue a form of catharsis? Is a narrative the most apropos method to comprehend what living entails? Do we seek to tell our own stories in order to interpret and organize the reality of the world that surrounds us? Alternatively, is storytelling simply the easiest way for us to apprehend the tenuous notion of the self? Does storytelling enable us to recognize the translucent thread that connects us to the past?”

Memoir Egotism Self Centered Memoir Writing Egotistical Self Absorbed Self Absorption Writing Memoir Egotist Self Contentedness

Book:Dead Toad Scrolls

Source: Dead Toad Scrolls

“Don’t ”be yourself”, but work on yourself. Don’t ”be who you are”, but be who you ought. Don’t ”follow your dreams”, but face your realities. And don’t ”live your life”, but live a respectable life. Then you will find out that you cannot do everything, but at least you have to do something.”

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Author:Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski

“Tom Buchanan compelled me from the room as though he were moving a checker to another square.”

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Book:The Great Gatsby

Source: The Great Gatsby