If you can't get out of bed for long enough, people come and take your bed away

I'm fine. Well, I'm not fine - I'm here." "Is there something wrong with that?" "Absolutely.

Nobody had told me I was common.

Dreams are only dreams until you wake up and make them real.

I owe her everything and I love her and I tell her these days, although every time I say it, it gets a little diluted. I think you run out of I love yous.

I wasn’t gifted. Mom was wrong. I was just smart and I worked hard. I had fooled myself into thinking that was something important to the rest of the world. Other people were complicit in this ruse. Nobody had told me I was common.

Life is not cured, Mr. Gilner." Dr. Mahmoud leans in. "Life is managed.