“I have no time for shallow talk, pointless interactions, fake smiles, and meaningless friendships.”

“It's the pointless things that give your life meaning. Friendship, compassion, art, love. All of them pointless. But they're what keeps life from being meaningless.”

“Without a soundtrack, human interaction is meaningless.”

“He was a person who couldn't fake a smile but smiled often.”

“I was a bore and didn't know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn't.”

“I've faked orgasms before, but this is the first time I've faked not having an orgasm.”

“Modern life is so thin and shallow and fake. I look forward to when developers go bankrupt, Japan gets poorer and wild grasses take over.”

“A smile is the best way to get away with trouble even if it’s a fake one.”

“Unlike a human smile, purring cannot be, as far as anyone knows, faked.”

“My university education had been a shallow and superficial enterprise. The central driving forces of the economy I lived in were either ignored or left vague, to the point of meaningless.”