unpleasantness

“..there are people who don’t know how to live without a daily dose of unpleasantness, as Mithridates didn’t without his of poison.” ~Baltasar Gracian

Don't tell them about your soul.

"Don't tell them too much about your soul. They're waiting for just that."
~Jack Kerouac

We do not talk...

"We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers, magazines and digests."
~Henry Miller