“I love you present tense. It's okay, Gus. It's okay. It is. It's okay, you hear me? Okay, okay.”
“I love you present tense,” I whispered, and then put my hand on the middle of his chest and said, “It’s okay, Gus. It’s okay. It is. It’s okay, you hear me?” I had—and have—absolutely no confidence that he could hear me. I leaned forward and kissed his cheek. “Okay,” I said. “Okay.”
“It's okay to be afraid. It's not okay to let the fear STOP you.”
“It's okay to be scared, and it's okay to fail. But you have to try. Not trying isn't an option.”
“Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.”
“Everything will be okay in the end. And if it's not okay,, It's not the end.”