“Good morning, Dr. Chandra. This is Hal. I am ready for my first lesson.”
“Ready for your first lesson, cupcake?”
“Psychologically, I will not have to seek far if I decide to kill myself, because in my mind and heart I am more ready for this than for the unplanned daily tribulations that mark off the mornings and afternoons.”
“I am lost without my Boswell.[Sherlock Holmes on Dr. Watson.]”
“Every morning I walk like this aroundthe pond, thinking: if the doors of my heart ever close, I am as good as dead.”
“...by the end of my first week as an intern, I am just about ready to throw my pager out the window. A high window. Overlooking a trash compactor. Filled with highly corrosive acid.”