It doesn’t matter how long we’ve used something; all that matters is how awesome the thing replacing it is. MP3s and automobiles happen to be really, really awesome, whereas ebooks—at least so far—are fairly limited in their awesomeness.

…God, it’s over. Takumi, you gotta stop stealing other people’s problems and get some of your own.

The United States Congress, like a lot of rich people, lives in two houses.

What happens in the band room stays in the band room.

Physical intimacy isn’t and can never be an effective substitute for emotional intimacy.

But as for me: I must ask the wounded man where he is hurt, because I cannot become the wounded man. The only wounded man I can be is me.

You like someone who can't like you back because unrequited love can be survived in a way that once-requited love cannot.