“Don’t you ever feel like you’re just a story someone is telling about someone like you?”

“Someone feeling wronged is like someone feeling thirsty. Don’t tell them they aren’t. Sit with them and have a drink.”

“You ever have that feeling? Like you’ve known someone your whole life but you don’t know them at all.”

“Charlie, don’t you get it? I can’t feel that. It’s sweet and everything, but it’s like you’re not even there sometimes. It’s great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn’t need a shoulder? What if they need the arms or something like that? You can’t just sit there and put everybody’s lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can’t. You have to do things.”

“Telling someone about what a symbol means is like telling someone how music should make them feel.”

“If you’re thinking about killing someone, don’t. Not don’t kill them, but don’t think about it—just do it already.”