“Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it.”

“Acceptance doesn’t mean that life gets better; it just means that my way of living life on life’s terms improves.”

“I mean obviously, staying alive is pretty fucking important . . . but there’s got to be something beyond that, right?”

“To infinity then. (Bubba)What’s that mean? (Nick)It’s something my dad used to say when I was a kid. To infinity, meaning you’d see something through to the end. (Bubba)Infinity is never-ending. (Nick)That’s right, which means you keep going and going no matter what happens or what obstacles you meet. Over, under, around or through. There’s always a way. And if you have to chase something to infinity, strap on your big-boy pants, hiking boots, and go. (Bubba)”

“There’s a penis in my penne pasta. It’s my penis, but that doesn’t mean it belongs there.”

“Body acceptance means, as much as possible, approving of and loving your body, despite its “imperfections”, real or perceived. That means accepting that your body is fatter than some others, or thinner than some others, that your eyes are a little crooked, that you have a disability that makes walking difficult, that you have health concerns that you have to deal with — but that all of that doesn’t mean that you need to be ashamed of your body or try to change it. Body acceptance allows for the fact that there is a diversity of bodies in the world, and that there’s no wrong way to have one.”