I've noticed it.

But the curious part of it is that they have nothing to give me in exchange for my attention." "What do you mean ?" He laughed.

"Oh, nothing.

I amuse people; I know it.

You--and everybody--say I am all cleverness and froth--not to be taken seriously.
But did it ever occur to you that what you see in me you evoke.
Shallowness provokes shallowness, levity, lightness, inconsequence--all are answered by their own echo....