She had the world’s worst poker face: her feelings floated across them like reflections on a still pond.

Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you still had your mother or father at your back, you'd be okay.

The triumph of hope over experience.

All Chelsea's internet dates were gorgeous. Until she met them.

They were like animals, men. They found too much eye contact threatening.

She was always tired, these days. She put on one of those smiles that wasn’t really a smile at all, and they went on.

Real friends were the kind where you pick up where you’d left off, whether it be a week since you’d seen each other or two years.

Kind eyes under all the mascara.

A face whose emotions had not yet been battered by experience.

He dropped his head and kissed her. He kisses her and it was a kiss of utter certainty, the kind of kiss during which monarchs die and whole continents fall without your even noticing.

Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you still had your mother or father at your back, you’d be okay.

I tend to be drawn to people who are similar. Very independent. And the ones who aren't, it doesn't work. It doesn't last. I’m drawn to quiet people – certainly I am now.

He had spoken with such absolute confidence that I knew he had to be blowing this out of his rectal orifice.

Listening isn't just about being quiet.It's about listening to -What is Said, What is Unsaid, and What is meantWith your Eyes, Ears and Heart

I get as much fun as the next man from whaling the ball as hard as I can and catching it squarely on the button. But from sad experience I learned not to try this in a round that meant anything.

We never make a decision. When the time is right, the decision makes itself.

People hold an image of you and project that image when they feel you are changing. Disappear for a while. Break up your routines.

It was pleasant to talk shop again; to use that elliptical, allusive speech that one uses only with another of one's trade.

When you create wealth, it’s your responsibility to return it to society.

Republican control of the Senate = expanded neocon wars in Syria and Iraq. Boots on the ground are coming!

In all things that you do, consider the end.