“A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business." ― A.A. Milne, 'If I May'
... layers of irony ...
"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are." ― Anais Nin
"Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large - I contain multitudes." — Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself” part 51, page 58, Leaves of Grass, 1855