When people see you're happy doing what you're doing, it sort of takes the power away from them to tease you about it.

We are here because over billions of years, countless variables fell into place, any of which could have taken another path. We are essentially a beautiful fluke, as are the millions of other species with which we share this planet. Our cells are composed of atoms and dust particles from distant galaxies, and from the billions of living organisms that inhabited this planet before us.

I'm going to be so normal that when people look up normal in the dictionary, my name will be there.

I've learned that everyone can do their part to repair the world

I blame my dad for my sweet tooth. His motto was 'Life is short; eat dessert first.' How can I argue with that?

If everyone waited to do something good until they had purely unselfish motivations, no good would ever get done in the world. The point is to do it anyway.

I'm sorry for the randomness of what I wrote, Mr. Oswald. There's been a lot to absorb.' Without looking up, he says, 'Never apologize for writing your truth, Mr. Fink. There are no right or wrong answers.