What is reality if it isn't how we feel about things?

I am trying to be kind instead of right.

You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.

I don't want to stay in the bad place, where no one believes in silver linings or love or happy endings.

I think all it really takes for different people to get along is a common rooting interest and a few beers.

There's a lot for you to live for. Good things are definitely in your future, Leonard. I'm sure of it. You have no idea how many interesting people you'll meet after high school's over. Your life partner, your best friend, the most wonderful person you'll ever know is sitting in some high school right now waiting to graduate and walk into your life - maybe even feeling all the same things you are, maybe even wondering about you, hoping that you're strong enough to make it to the future where you'll meet.

People can be cruel,' he says with a sympathetic look that makes me trust him even more. And right then I realize that he is not writing down all my words in a file, which I really appreciate, let me tell you.