“I quickly discovered three distinct traits about my tablemates:They hit each other a lot.They swore a lot.They belched a lot.”
“If it's us", she whispered, "how come you get to decide?"When he didn't answer - couldn't answer - she turned and stared out the front window. As it turned out, they were still in the parking lot.They hadn't gotten anywhere at all.”
“Meg and Belch only had eyes for each other. Not in the usual romantic sense.”
“We swore to take care of each other. To never hurt each other. To love each other unending...”
“Paul and I know each other on a lot of different levels that very few people know about.”
“Emotional states are fairly quick bursts of neuronal gossip. Traits, on the other hand, are more like the neuronal equivalent of committed relationships.”