“She’s been barely more than a leech to me.”
“Don’t you enjoy spending time with her?”
“Sort of. It was fun having someone to giggle with over superficial things—but I have yet to have anything remotely resembling an intellectual conversation with her.”
“And you need to have intellectual conversations with everybody.”
“Don’t you? What’s the point if somebody doesn’t educate you in some little way, or inspire you, or—I don’t know—make you think about something differently?”
“You have such a utilitarian view toward your friendships. Maybe kindness and patience are two other lessons you could learn.”
“You’re one of the few I’d allow to call me a douchebag like this. Feel flattered.”