“ I'll never miss a chance to remind you of what a brat you were. A gloriously beautiful and very spoiled brat. I was utterly charmed by your complete self-absorption. It was rather like courting a cat. Robin Hobb
“ False humility is quite like the worst of both worlds: both that of Meekness and that of Conceit. Criss Jami
“ Humility is by far the most spiritual virtue of the lot. The only way by which one may cease obsessing over himself is to wholly step outside his flesh. But who could do this by himself? And who would… Criss Jami
“ Forged in the fires of human passion, choking on the fumes of human rage, with these out hells and our heavens, so few inches apart, we must be awfully small, and not as strong as we think we are. Rich Mullins
“ But if you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be a student in anything and not have to know anything. Just say toxicology or marine biokinesis, and the person you're… Chuck Palahniuk
“ 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. Markus Zusak
“ It is the definition of an egoist that whatever occupies his attention is, for that reason, important. William Raymond Manchester
“ She might have seen that what had bowed her head so profoundly - the thought of the world's concern at her situation - was founded on illusion. She was not an existence, an experience, a passion, a st… Thomas Hardy
“ When we don’t put the brakes on our self-absorption, we have nothing stopping us from total self-destruction. We become the fruits of our actions. Zeena Schreck
“ I wonder at times if we're not all blind. It just seems there are an abundance of books unread, paint strokes not admired, and performances unattended. So much attention painstakingly sought and not g… Richelle E. Goodrich
“ You'll continue to be a bitch no matter what, but I'm glad you aren't a callous, self-absorbed one. Genna Rulon
“ Jealousy appears to be a redoubtable pitfall for love, on the toll road of self-absorption and unshareability. When love has to remain cloistered and ostentatiously exclusionary, envy may show its per… Erik Pevernagie
“ Witnessing the panoply of beauty in all of nature takes us out of our shell of self-absorption and makes us realize that we are merely bit players in the game of life. Witnessing the majesty of beauty… Kilroy J. Oldster
