There's a kind of emotional exploration you plumb with a friend that you don't really do with your family.

Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.

My mother would only let us go to the musicals.

You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.

[On Denmark:] ... that little country of cottage cheese and courage.

Do I understand this right? I'm being marked down?

I come from an overly confident place. But I'm overconfident because of feelings of inferiority.