"It’s a wonder I’m even alive. Sometimes I think that. I think that I can’t believe I haven’t killed myself. But there’s something in me that just keeps going on. I think it has something to do with tomorrow, that there is always one, and that everything can change when it comes."

"I like to see people reunited, I like to see people run to each other, I like the kissing and the crying, I like the impatience, the stories that the mouth can’t tell fast enough, the ears that aren’t big enough, the eyes that can’t take in all of the change, I like the hugging, the bringing together, the end of missing someone."

"Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them."

"It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try and readjust the way you thought of things."

Things you need to be doing if you're not already:

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• Holding doors open for other people — not like, out of your way douchebag status — just “I see you there three seconds behind me, and I’m going to open this wide enough that it doesn’t shut at the exact moment you reach it.”
• Responding when someone in a service position says “Have a good day!” or thanks you for something — and not just a one word response, either. Give em something genuine. Have a convo.
• Saying thank you and please and how are you.
• Smiling. Now, again, not walking around smiling all the time — but if you make eye contact with a stranger, give em a little smile action. Acknowledge one another.
• Say thank you to your teacher every. single. time you leave class.  Even if you hated the lesson, even if you fell asleep, even if they were grumpy, even if they failed you.  Almost all teachers *could* be doing something else, but instead they chose to teach.  Make it worth their while.