Nobody believes the identites we've made for ourselves. I feel like everybody in the world is fake now - as though people had true cores once, but hucked them away and replaced them with something more attractive but also hollow.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- People feel others hide their true selves behind attractive but hollow facades.
- In plain terms
- Everyone feels fake because people show attractive but empty versions of themselves.
- What can you take from it?
- Authenticity is rare and valued.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can we ever truly know others?
- Why do we feel hollow?
Another view
Some presentation is necessary for social functioning.
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