"They say you have a gift."
"They like to talk."
"You hide, behind your intelligence."
"Yeh, that's pretty stupid."
"And you make jokes because you're afraid to take anything seriously. Because if you take things seriously, they matter. And if they matter--"
"And when things go wrong, I get hurt. I'm not tough; I'm vulnerable."
~[House; season 1, episode 5; Damned If You Do]
