“I have really good instincts about friends.”

“Maybe what I really wanted, I began to think, was a stronger sense of fellowship... I thought about my friends and about how I didn't have any...”

“To help a friend is really good. To help yourself is also really good. To help a stranger is the very best.”

“When I hear health professionals suggesting that you shouldn't worry about the balance of calories in versus calories out, but rather eat clean and follow your hunger instincts, well, I really just want to pinch their heads off. That's like a millionaire suggesting that instead of worrying about that's in your bank account, just listen to your shopping instincts and buy high-quality goods . . . weight loss is not magic. To a great extent, it's accounting.”

“...a really good friend, the kind of friend who - when they were together both of them were more able to be who they really were.”

“A friend will help ye move, Katie, but a really good friend will help ye move a body.”