My whole life I've been a fraud. I'm not exaggerating. Pretty much all I've ever done all the time is try to create a certain impression of me in other people. Mostly to be liked or admired. It's a little more complicated than that, maybe. But when you come right down to it it's to be liked, loved. Admired, approved of, applauded, whatever. You get the idea.
He and the girl had almost nothing to say to each other. One thing he did say was, 'I ain't got any tattoo on my back. ' 'What you got on it?' the girl said. 'My shirt,' Parker said. 'Haw. ' 'Haw, haw,' the girl said politely.