“You can’t really have patience. You can be patient – if that’s what’s up for you.”

“You don’t always have to say what’s on your mind. You can keep it to yourself for the time being. That’s called patience.”

“What’s your name?”“You just can’t take a hint, can you?”“That’s kind of a mouthful. Do you happen to go by a nickname?”

“What’s most important is what you can’t see but can feel in your heart. To be able to grasp something of value, sometimes you have to perform seemingly inefficient acts. But even activities that appear fruitless don’t necessarily end up so. That’s the feeling I have, as someone who’s felt this, who’s experienced it.”

“The thing about patience, I mean real patience, is that it is most needed when there is something you really want to see happen. That’s patience.”

“It’s so strange how one choice can derail so many lives. It was so huge to me, I expected her answer to change everything, but it didn’t. I guess that’s life, right? You never really know what’s waiting for you. You never really know what’s going to happen or why. You just have to be able to deal with it. Big or small.”