But I bet more than half the people in the world right now are worrying about something that really is going to be okay.

Living long is a gift denied to many, and so it comes with a responsibility to make the most of it.

But you have to let people go through whatever it is they have to go through. Just be there for your friends. That’s all we can really do for each other sometimes.

Life gives us nothing outright. It only lends. Nothing is ours to keep.

Thank you. I’m honored. Most people pay very little attention. People are funny, don’t you think? I used to play for the philharmonic, and people would pay good money for those tickets. Big money. But I sit out here and play the same music, and most people won’t even flip me a quarter as they walk by. Same music. Just a different sense of how much they should value it.

Never be afraid to look, Raymond. It’s always better to look. Whatever you’re afraid of, turn toward it, not away. Once you’re willing to do that, it loses all its power over you. Trust me. I know this. I don’t always do it. But I really, truly know.

Everybody is a good person and a bad person at the same time. The only real variation is in the balance. How much good to how much bad. When a person has a bigger good side, we call him a good person. But it’s never absolute.

But sometimes the hard parts of our lives come with something valuable attached.

I just feel like it’s our job to take care of them. You know? And when you take care of someone, you should love them the way they are. Not try to make them different.

Don’t you wonder sometimes why so much gets heaped on certain people?” I almost told the truth. That truth being, “I wouldn’t dare.” I wouldn’t dare dwell on a thing like that. I try to look forward in my life. Because what’s behind me is a little hard to take.