“(…) my money guy Richard is going without a tie now, like a politician who wants to appeal to the suffering common man (or perhaps every morning his firm takes the ties and shoelaces away from the brokers and financial planners to keep them from offing themselves)”
“I tie my smile like a shoelace.”
“In my rush, I hadn’t tied my shoelaces. Noah was now tying them for me. He looked up at me through his dark fringe of lashes and smiled. The expression on his face melted me completely. I knew I had the goofiest grin plastered on my lips, and didn’t care. “There,” he said as he finished tying the laces on my left shoe. “Now you won’t fall.”Too late.”
“I take my investment advice from my dentist, because he’s just as likely to lose me money as a financial advisor.”
“I could've died because you had to tie your shoelace?”
“-You are on the verge of being truly mad.-No, not at all. Look at me. I can tie my shoelaces. See?”