Selfishly Selfless Novels & Stories

I defend myself, I don’t like the way he is staring at me now. Ray’s frown deepens, “When you are fighting for the greater good, the last thing on your mind is how to save yourself. I would not have been able to save you if I was putting myself first.” I bite my lip, his words cutting through me, “Right, I guess I am the selfish one here,” I turn away from them and their accusing gazes, “Fine, do what you want. It’s not like I can force my opinion on anyone.” I walk out before Ray can say anything else.

Soren pointed out. “True but you tell the person who you trust and whose Morals are high and he is a man with integrity to do that and so I am meeting you to do this for me.” “Even when you are aware that it kills me.” “Love is selfless and Selfish, I am hoping that yours will remain selfless but mine has always been selfish. Even if I have to turn the world upside down, I will do it to the best of Arius interest.” “You are asking me to do the impossible.” Sorens gritted out even though, I saw the resignation in his eyes. I have worn him down.

I blurt. "Power over my happiness mom,how selfish and self centered are you?" He questions disgustingly. Selfish!?. My every actions are towards their happiness and he tags me self centered?,how absurd and ungrateful. "Listen Damien,my every action has been beneficial to you boys. None were personal nor self centered,that you need understand" I clarify. "Speak for Drake!" He scoffs. Now he sounds selfish and self centered. After all showered love and sacrifices and he tags me the selfish one?. How ungrateful is he?.

When I beat cancer a few years ago, I promised myself that I would not waste my second chance at life and live my life in the best way I could. I want to live my life free of any burden and totally focus on my happiness. I have seen people living the last days of their life with unfulfilled wishes. And I choose not to be one of those people. I am a selfish person, and I choose my happiness above everyone else. And my happiness lies in living a carefree life and allowing myself to chase my dreams before death chooses me as its next victim. Being selfish doesn't always mean that you are a terrible or inconsiderate person. Sometimes it means that you keep yourself first over others. And that's

"Stop being selfish." Selfish? I am selfish because I said Valerie and I won't work. Is there more to this? Of course there is, we need each other. Her parents need our money and partnership and I need her to get the company. Now that I am ready to give up the company if only she would go, will she be ready to give up her vengeance also and let her parents contine to suffer the bankruptcy problem they are facing? Should I use that against her, maybe she will become more cool-headed?

She growled at him in pain. He gritted his teeth and said, “This deal wasn’t made out of selfish interest, like you so want to believe.” “You sacrificed your soul.” “I sacrificed my soul to save others!” He thundered, and she flinched back from him. His eyes turned black once again. “There’s nothing selfish about that; that’s a selfless act. The only one selfish here is you because you’re only thinking of yourself!” She gasped at his words as if he had hit her with his hands, and the impact showed on her face.

If she wanted out then she'd retaliate back. Fabian endures everything because he loves her. This reminded Cookie of her gullible mother. Now, all she could think of was that Love is a stupid thing. It makes one selfless and at the same time, makes one selfish. It makes one become selfless in a sense that, you do everything in your power to make the one you love happy and while doing that, you careless about yourself or if you'll get hurt along the line.

Keeping me from spiraling into an emotional purgatory. The kind of place where men find themselves trapped in the tangled grips of female companionship and are forced into relationships that demand work and respect. My lifestyle is not that of a respectable husband. I dominate business, control and power, not romance. Ever since my late wife I’ve been on the road of selfish desires taking what I want. Not feeding into women, lies, or the traps of exclusive relationships. Sure I’ve had my fun, but after everything my wife had endured emotionally…. I never wanted to do that again to anyone.

They knew everything now. “Think about what you really want. Not what your people need. If you give up your chance at happiness, are you really helping? Seven concubae died. Not a hundred. There are more in the world, they can live without your contribution.” He told me. “Do you think so? Can I be selfish like that?” Tears formed in my eyes. I’d always tried to be as selfless as possible. Everything I did was for someone else. My human side made it easier for me to avoid the selfish impulses common to most desire demons. And made this so much harder.

“That’s different.” “How?” “Because that’s about justice, about making him pay for everything he’s done, this is just…” I gestured between us, searching for words. “This is just me being selfish and reckless.” “Maybe you deserve to be selfish for once.” The words hung between us and I didn’t know what to say, didn’t know how to explain that I’d been trained for years to put everyone else first, to smile and nod and sacrifice what I wanted for the good of Alfred’s career, for the family image, for the campaign, and the idea of choosing something just because I wanted it felt foreign and dangerous.