"Possibly? I liked her a lot but she was in a different place from me. There was a pretty large age and professional distance." Sam is not so blinded as to think the only thing keeping them apart was Laurie's profession; there's a vast ocean between a man who has been practicing law for at least ten years and someone who hasn't passed the bar yet.

"I want someone who is my equal. I don't want to date someone who hasn't had a chance to find out who she is and what she likes."