To find the idea for which I am willing to live and die

Number one: it's important to be moral on the big things.

Secondly, it's possible, according to at least one belief system, that you're the third or fourth owner of your body and that you'll be reincarnated as an terrapin living off the coast of South Carolina.

The strategy for a successful American life is roughly this: to call someone at 3 a.m. and wake them up because they once called you at 3 a.m. and woke you up.

The backstory is that you were both young when it first happened. He was drunk and called you at 3 a.m. suggesting he come over and get in bed with your new wife, and you've been angry ever since.

The moral of the story? That it's easy to find something to die for, but finding something to live for is a whole other matter.