“There was a willful calm and happiness. I think people can decide to be happy. Maybe that was it.”

“Wanna see the rest of my happy place?”

“I'd rather be miserable and free than happy and caged.”

“They can't even decide what flavor of crazy I am.”

“I heard this old country guy say once, "I think you decide pretty early on how happy you're going to be, and then you just go on and be it." But I don't think that's the case for a lot of people. For a lot of people, for a lot of the people I met in the bin, I think personal choice has very little to do with it.”

“I had the craziest idea that if I looked closely enough, maybe tilted his head toward the light, I'd be able to see into his brain.”

“If I can laugh, I can live.”