Lorelai: Hey, how was last night's conversation?
Rory: Eh.
Lorelai: Eh-eh?
Rory: It's just these transatlantic phone calls. I don't know if it's the "trans" or the "atlantic" or the fact that it's but Helen Keller and Stephen Hawking could have a more connected conversation.
Lorelai: Helen Keller's dead.
Rory: Yeah, well, even dead, she could do better. It's just so awkward and pausy. And I feel like the more I try to connect, the more disconnected I feel. And I just feel like I'm working so hard, but maybe I shouldn't be having to work so hard. And then I feel self-conscious, but I shouldn't feel self-conscious, so then I feel self-conscious about that. I don't know, maybe it's just the salt in the ocean. It corrodes conversations or something.
Lorelai: Yeah. It sounds like the salt.