It contributes greatly towards a man’s moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate … There was one man, especially, the observation of whose character gave me a new idea of talent.

—Nathaniel Hawthorne

If I’m going to be Starsky, then you’re going to have to be my Hutch.

—Howie Gordon