“Great minds sink alike, right?”

“a pockmarked boy with a scraggy ponytail and four tiny rings in his right ear leaned against the wall of the armory, holding his dog on a leash, a sign hanging from his neck: PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PET MY DOG. IT MAY MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER.”

“Something changed. Somewhere along the line you stopped accelerating.”

“Eventually you ascend the stairs to the street. You think of Plato's pilgrims climbing out of the cave, from the shadow world of appearances toward things as they really are, and you wonder if it is possible to change in this life. Being with a philosopher makes you think.”

“I'd like to have the kind of house someday where a carousel horse wouldn't be out of place in the living room.”

“Your heartbreak is just another version of the same old story.”

“The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families.”