There are so many more important things to worry about than how you're perceived by strangers.

Don't get me wrong, I love literary fiction. It's faux literary fiction I can't stand.

Do you know the primary difference between men and gods? ... Gods don’t think they can become men

The loneliness of another can be shocking when it lays itself bare without warning.

He wondered if this was what clinical depression felt like, a total numbness, a weary lack of hope.

I sort of play golf because a lot of my friends are into it, but I'm awful - my handicap is about six or seven thousand.

Chuck said, “Hey. How many surrealists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?” Cawley looked over at him. “I’ll bite. How many?” “Fish,” Chuck said and let loose a bright bark of a laugh.