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Particularly with middle-class people, self-absorption is a struggle. — Ben Lewin

While it lasts, the religion of worshiping oneself is the best. — C.S. Lewis

She'll be an excellent novelist: a monster of self-absorption. — Lan Samantha Chang

Serving others breaks you free from the shackles of self and self-absorption that choke out the joy of living. — James Hunter

There's nothing that makes you more miserable (or less interesting) than self-absorption . — Timothy Keller

Having a baby dragged me, kicking and screaming, from the world of self-absorption. — Paul Reiser

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

Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops. — George Pierce Baker

At times ... one is downright thankful for the self-absorption of other people. — Gail Godwin

To be sick and helpless is a humiliating experience. Prolonged illness also carries the hazard of narcissistic self-absorption. — Richard Hofstadter

Insanity is a state of profound self-absorption. — Siri Hustvedt

Meditation is a way to be narcissistic without hurting anyone — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Babies and the old are permitted self-absorption. In between, it provokes resentment. — Mason Cooley

You'll continue to be a bitch no matter what, but I'm glad you aren't a callous, self-absorbed one. — Genna Rulon

Prayer gives us relief from the melancholy burden of self-absorption . — Timothy Keller

Hopelessness sets in, when a man is bound up in his shame
living small, within that closed horizon of fantasy and self-absorption. — Andrew Comiskey

Self-absorption intensifies isolation, but permits it to go unnoticed. — Mason Cooley

Never underestimate the power of self-absorption, including your parents' self-absorption. — Rita Mae Brown

I'd like to say I'm not self-absorbed compared to others, but that's hard to say since I'm far too self-absorbed to pry into others' self-absorption. — Anonymous

You Russians like to think you're poets but perhaps you're just touchy. — Jack Ryan

I heard her surprise and then the sigh as we began the rhythm of connection and self-absorption, the miracle of sex. — Delia Ephron

Love created this world, & the lack of it can kill it. Selfishness, self-absorption , arrogance & indifference never built anything. — John Hope Bryant

It is the definition of an egoist that whatever occupies his attention is, for that reason, important. — William Manchester

In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention. — Jay Dratler

Absorption in things other than self is the secret of a happy life. — James Cagney

Lonely people console themselves with self-absorption or curiosity. — Mason Cooley

False humility is quite like the worst of both worlds: both that of Meekness and that of Conceit. — Criss Jami

Conscience is the moralized form of self-absorption. — Mason Cooley

Suffering reminds us of our brokenness, our humanity. It disarms us of our self-absorption and magnifies our need for one another. — Marquita Burke-DeJesus

Self absorption is anti-seductive; it is a sign of insecurity. — Robert Greene

It's about time we stop mistaking self-knowledge for self-absorption - and realize that nobody has a monopoly on selfishness. — Meghan Daum

Selfishness and self-absorption are deadly charm-exterminators. — Loretta Young

One of the greatest theological challenges of our time is to move our worship beyond self-absorption. — Kelly M. Kapic

The stories that I want to tell are completely, well, somewhat autobiographical. It's completely based on my own self-absorption issues and problems. — Nicole Holofcener

Your dissatisfaction with yourself speaks of a self-absorption, a vanity, which always gets in the way of your truly coming to rejoice in life. — Matias Dalsgaard

My self-absorption warms me; yours boils me. — Mason Cooley