But now instead there’s all this talk of democracy. You hear it whenever people want to be selfish, whenever they want to forget obligations.
Egoists are our only friends with whom we are friends unselfishly.
— Anyone wants to live better than others, and for the sake of this he will easily betray.
No woman can compete with Benny's love for himself.
I worshipped you too much. I am punished for it. You worshipped yourself too much. We are both punished.
— My birthday's coming up. What are you going to get me?
— A dictionary, so you can look up the definition of "selfish."
You only live to serve yourself,
Come crawling back when you need help.
Your problem isn't making bad choices. It's that you identify the good choice and then intentionally do the opposite. You see, behind this boorish bravado of yours is a paralysing fear
of letting anyone into your life. And it isn't because you weren't loved when you were a kid. You're so egocentric that the love wasn't enough. So you pulled pigtails and you pushed the fat kids into the dirt so no one could ignore little Perry. Well, little Perry is now 40 years old and is so invested in this narcissistic notion of yourself as "loner" that you can't quit. And you'll just keep dumping on everyone around you until eventually, and please, trust me on this, there won't be anyone left.