quire: (daydreaming)
quire ([personal profile] quire) wrote in [community profile] polylogs 2022-02-18 07:54 pm (UTC)

He smirks a little. one part irritated, one part adoring. "You reaaaally think you've got my number, don't you Broflovski?"

"It know it's not all selfish. But it's largely selfish! It's inherently selfish! It's foundationally selfish! Because it makes me feel good. Where it gets muddy is the fact that it also makes you feel good is not just a byproduct of that. Not some handy bonus. But rather inextricably tied to what makes me feel good about it. You know? If it made you feel shitty, that would ruin my enjoyment of it thus voiding my selfish reason for doing it," he says. "This is like that conversation we had about apathy being a necessary ingredient in self-preservation. Selfishness is a necessary part of love."

"For the record I tell you you're beautiful and get into your pants because I'm absolutely hard for you. Which is least a little selfish of me."

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