"do you have a soul mate?" "define that." "someone you can relate to, someone who opens things up for you." "sure, i got plenty." "well, name them." "shakespeare, nietzsche, frost, o'conner..." "well that's great. they're all dead." "not to me, they're not." "you can't have a lot of dialogue with them." "not without a heater and some serious smelling salts."