" but any number of times i’ve seen people who say they’re easily hurt hurt other people for no apparent reason. self-styled honest and open people, without realizing what they’re doing, blithely use some self-serving excuse to get what they want. and those “good at sensing others’ true feelings” are duped by the most transparent flattery. it’s enough to make me ask the question: how well do we really know ourselves?

— haruki murakami, sputnik sweetheart