A big sister who cries over being human over you. A gravelly voiced kid who's friends left him over you. And a pink-haired girl who keeps your picture in her wallet.

I actually like how doctors talk. I like the sound of science. I like how words you don't understand explain things you can't understand.

Here’s what I think: the only reason I’m not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way.

I eat like a tortoise eats, if you've ever seen a tortoise eating. Like some prehistoric swamp thing.

If every person in this room made it a rule that wherever you are, whenever you can, you will try to act a little kinder than is necessary - the world really would be a better place. And if you do this, if you act just a little kinder than is necessary, someone else, somewhere, someday, may recognize in you, in every single one of you, the face of God.

The best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now run around the track or even your grade point average - though those things are important, to be sure. It's what you've done with your time, how you've chosen to spend your days, and whom you have touched this year. That, to me, is the greatest measure of success.

One mistake does not define you.