Maris Crane

"I experience gratitude primarily through people's departures."

"Creativity flourishes when one has absolutely nothing to do with others."

"Justice means everyone staying far away from me."

"I've transcended the need for human connection entirely."

"Patience is my greatest strength and greatest burden."

"Kindness is best expressed through proper boundaries."

"I am the strength of perfect, pristine isolation."

"Fear is simply reality with proper acknowledgment."

"I've perfected the power of saying no to everything."

"My legacy will be a perfectly untouched apartment."

"I find the world terminally disappointing and terribly germy."

"Peace is what remains when everyone else is gone."

"I've elevated standards to a religion."

"Leadership is best accomplished from a position of total withdrawal."

"My dreams are exclusively about being left alone."

"I consider myself a masterpiece of refined dysfunction."

"The meaning of life? Impeccable organizational systems."

"I don't see how that's possible. I've never even been to that part of town."

"My psychiatrist says I have an inflated sense of self-worth, but what does he know?"

"One must maintain certain standards, even in adversity."

"I find the common man utterly exhausting."

"Compromise is for people without convictions."

"The working class has such limited vocabulary."

"I simply cannot abide mediocrity in any form."

"One's appearance is a reflection of one's character."

"I've made it a point never to visit discount establishments."

"Authenticity is vastly overrated."

"I require complete silence while I'm relaxing."

"Most people are simply incapable of true refinement."

"I've never understood the appeal of outdoor activities."