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71bbe56 "I am always saying "Glad to've met you" to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though." insincerity manners J.D. Salinger
b4000aa The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend! family friends insincerity kindness loneliness pretense Edith Wharton
fba7e52 The difficulty with humorists is that they will mix what they believe with what they don't--whichever seems likelier to win an effect. belief comedian humor humorist insincerity truth John Updike
1aef9a5 Normally, anything done in the name of 'the kids' strikes me as either slightly sentimental or faintly sinister--that redolence of moral blackmail that adheres to certain charitable appeals and certain kinds of politician. (Not for nothing is baby-kissing the synonym for public insincerity.) censorship children insincerity moral-blackmail politicians sentimentality Christopher Hitchens
80f25e9 Even his conversation was, as it were, a spoken part. insincerity sincerity T.H. White