“I spend a lot of time trying to convince myself that nothing really matters except being alive.”
“See, popularity is complicated. You have to spend a lot of time thinking about liking; you have to really like being liked, and also sort like being disliked.”
“Lots of times growing up, I’d just try to do something myself because I believed that being a boy, and being Indian, I should just know how to do things." -Will Bird, Through Black Spruce”
“They don't really pay attention to me, except when they need my blood or something. I wouldn't even be alive, if it wasn't for Kate being sick.”
“We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.”
“You're still alive. And that means you'll love and be loved...and in the end, nothing else really matters.”