Matt

“The constant assertion of masculinity is always the most obvious tell of a fake. You do not constantly assert what you know you have.”
― Matt Bondurant, The Wettest County in the World

“Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on.”
― Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here

“Oh, they're there all right," Orr had assured him about the flies in Appleby's eyes after Yossarian's fist fight in the officers' club, "although he probably doesn't even know it. That's why he can't see things as they really are."

"How come he doesn't know it?" inquired Yossarian.

"Because he's got flies in his eyes," Orr explained with exaggerated patience. "How can he see he's got flies in his eyes if he's got flies in his eyes?”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

“Every joy is beyond all others.”
― C.S. Lewis, Perelandra