- Eleanor Shellstrop: My man used to collect action figures of famous philosophers. "Oh, Eleanor, look, it's a near-mint Arthur Schopenhauer with a working quill!" What a dork.
- [sighs]
- Eleanor Shellstrop: I love him so much.
- Michael: I still don't have a grip on the human emotional spectrum. You guys are often happy when you should be sad and angry when you should be happy, and texting when you should be driving, which is not an emotion, I know, but it's insane. The point is, in this case, even if it's not rational, you're allowed to feel a little angry.
- Tahani Al-Jamil: In 2007, Blake Lively invited me to a birthday party held for Leonardo DiCaprio aboard Paul Allen's mega-yacht.
- John Wheaton: I see we're dropping names three at a time now.
- Tahani Al-Jamil: The guest list was one hundred of the wealthiest, most famous members of the glitterati. Once aboard, I discovered there was a VIP deck. And within that area, there was an even more exclusive room that you could only access with a secret PIN, which I promptly entered. And guess who was waiting for me.
- John Wheaton: I hate to admit it, but I have to know. Who?
- Tahani Al-Jamil: No one. I was the only one there. The party raged on outside, but I was so obsessed with status that I never left. I spent the entire night talking to no one.
- John Wheaton: Riveting story. If only it were longer and sadder.
- Tahani Al-Jamil: The point is, if all you care about in the world is the velvet rope, you will always be unhappy, no matter which side you're on.
- Michael: Let yourself off the hook. Process it and work your way through it, and then get your shirt together. Because we have a lot of work to do.
- Tahani Al-Jamil: The problem is, if all you care about in the world is the velvet rope, you will always be unhappy, no matter which side you're on.