Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself.

The sun was a toddler insistently refusing to go to bed: It was past eight thirty and still light.

I fear your faith has been mis- placed—but then, faith usually is.

We were just looking at ideas of each other.

There's no way of knowing that your last good day is Your Last Good Day. At the time, it is just another good day.

Pudge, my friend, we are indefuckingstructible.

It was kind of a beautiful day, finally real summer in Indianapolis, warm and humid - the kind of weather that reminds you after a long winter that while the world wasn't built for humans, we were built for the world.