The idea is that for ten minutes, we forget that we have feelings. And we forget about protecting ourselves or other people and we just say the truth. For ten minutes. And then we can go back to being lame.

I can't be you. You can't be me. You can imagine another well—but never quite perfectly, you know?

We idealize them as gods or dismiss them as animals.

Just spend a few more months playing video games. That hand-eye coordination will come in handy when you get to third base.

It has been my experience that maximizing income is a helluva lot less important than maximizing passion and fulfillment in your both professionally and personally.

I'm just reveling in the glory of not having to hear the neediness and impotence of my own voice.

Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts.