Language is something you inherit, it's never just you doing the talking, which helps when you're pretending.

What further helps to reveal reality is when our personal thinking ceases to take reality for granted.

Did your mom ever tell you, ‘If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything’? She was right–and talking nicely also applies when you’re talking to yourself, even inside your head. (339)

The ingenuity of self-deception is inexhaustible

People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception.

You can fool yourself, you know. You'd think it's impossible, but it turns out it's the easiest thing of all.