“Simply handing over your iPod to a friend, your blind date, or the total stranger sitting next to you on the plane opens you up like a book." (Steven Levy)”

“Friends, there is nothing like your own family to make you appreciate strangers!”

“[With reference to a 'how to date' book] Because you've been on dates where y'know, you forget to open your eyes and wear pants and speak English.”

“You can be screamingly blind to the obvious if you don’t realize that you have not opened up all the doors of your mind.”

“You are a total stranger and you want to take my library book.”

“There are poisons that blind you, and poisons that open your eyes.”

“Up! up! my friend, and quit your books,
Or surely you 'll grow double!
Up! up! my friend, and clear your looks!
Why all this toil and trouble?”

“Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla.”

“Would you like to play
With the thought of a friend
In a distant passing stage
While you lie around
With your hands up and out
So resigned you will fall down.”

“the moment you don't feel like praying, get on your knees. And the moment you don't feel like reading your bible, you'd better get that Book open.”