“When something horrible happens, it's human nature to want to blame it on someone. We want someone to be held accountable, even though sometimes things just happen.”

“You wanted to think of yourself as someone who did these kinds of things.
                 You wanted to be in love
                             and he happened to get in the way.”

“Humans are always negotiating. That's what conversation is. Someone has something, knows something. Someone wants something.”

“The turbulent lives of their entrepreneurial ancestors led to grief and angst and adventures, and as Sirhan is fond of observing, an adventure is something horrible that happens to someone else.”

“People always wanted someone to blame, didn't they?”

“"Good God, almighty!" (said usually when someone or something unexpected happens during a match)”

“Men are like that sometimes - if they meet someone and fall in love, it's real, no matter how fast it happened. But if someone falls for a woman they happen to care about, all they do is question the man's intentions.”

“So is it just human nature to believe that things happen for a reason - to find some shred of meaning even in the worst experiences?”

“There’s no accountability anymore, Pierce, no one holds anyone accountable for what they do. It’s always someone else’s fault. Usually people just blame the victim.”

“Sometimes it's hard when you want to be like someone but you don't know how.”