“War is hot, not cold.”

“When it came to life or death, or anything else important, the only one you could count on was yourself.”

“Time meant opportunity. After all, what more do we have than time? We measure it arbitrarily, but as we spend it, until its used up, it is called living.”

“He could see that drinking and conversation were inexorably intertwined and that one did not occur without the other.”

“I'd rather be single, happy, and lonely sometimes than married, lonely, and happy sometimes.”

“But how do you come offline when so much of our daily lives is moving online? Every month new sites and online services are launched. If you need to check anything about a new school for your chil...”

“Amen' is like the Send button on an email.”

“I picture it like Judgement Day,' he says finally, his eyes on the water. 'We'll rise up out of our bodies and find each other again in spirit form. We'll meet in that new place, all of us together...”

“There are few times that I feel more at peace, more in tune, more Zen, if you will, than when I force myself to unplug.”

“[B]ecause the minimum costs of being an organization in the first place are relatively high, certain activities may have some value but not enough to make them worth pursuing in any organized way. ...”