We really don't get to understand /why/ most of the time. It's true.
You don't always get to pick the role you're going to play in life, but it's good to play whatever role you got the best way you can.
you don’t put demands on people and you never say anything negative--ever. So many people suck the life out of everyone they’re around, but you don’t do that. You give people strength just by being you.
Remember – it's a long race and you can always outwork talent in the end.
it’s a long race and you can always outwork talent in the end
Silence has always been my default mode—my best defense against the rest of the world.
I can always look up at the cosmos and marvel, no matter what happens. And when I look up at it, I feel as though my problems are small. I don't know why, but it always makes me feel better.
Someday an opportunity will come. Think about Harry Potter. His life is terrible, but then a letter arrives, he gets on a train, and everything is different for him afterward. Better. Magical." "That's just a story." "So are we- we're stories too.
