"High school is such a shared experience in North American culture."

"The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all."

"A bland smile is like a green light at an intersection, it feels good when you get one, but you forget it the moment you're past it."

"We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes."

"The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness."

"Business ethics has always had problems that are distinct from those of other professions, such as medicine, law, engineering, dentistry, or nursing."

"Health care and education, in my view, are next up for fundamental software-based transformation."

"It is a essential truth that to love deeply is to give someone the power to heal what words cannot reach — an essential principle for the reflective life."