“The world is a dangerous place, full of people who don’t trust each other. This is why I am staying up in this tree.”

“A community is the mental and spiritual condition of knowing that the place is shared, and that the people who share the place define and limit the possibilities of each other's lives. It is the knowledge that people have of each other, their concern for each other, their trust in each other, the freedom with which they come and go among themselves.”

“Nowadays… deals are transactional rather than personal. Instead of placing your faith in a person, you get lawyers to write safeguards into the contract. This is an historic shift from a trust economy to a risk economy. But trust is not a dispensable luxury. It is the very basis of our social life. Many scholars believe that capitalism had religious roots because people could trust other people who, feeling that they were answerable to God, could be relied on to be honest in business. A world without trust is a lonely and dangerous place.”

“I don’t want a whore, Leah. I want you to accept who I am and what we are to each other.”

“The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.”

“Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.”