we must seize life because we never know how much of it remains for us, that faith is the antidote to despair and that laughter is the music of faith.
Making lists of reasons was sometimes a good way to figure things out.
I knew that there had been times in the past-terrible times-when people had destroyed others in haste,in fear, and had brought about their own destruction
Even trained for years as they all had been in precision of language, what words could you use which would give another the experience of sunshine?
The whole world had changed. Only the fairy tales remained the same. "And they lived happily ever after.
You will be faced, now, with pain of a magnitude that none of us here can comprehend because it is beyond our experience. The Receiver himself was not able to describe it, only to remind us that you would be faced with it, that you would need immense courage.
But then everyone would be burdened and pained. They don't want that. And that's the real reason The Receiver is so vital to them, and so honored. They selected me--and you-to lift that burden from themselves.
We don't have to look for what the next thing will be. If experience is any judge, it'll come flowing toward us like a river.
Of course the media loves stuff like that so they find this one Rockette. It's like you can have 10,000 people at a rally for [Donald] Trump and 200 people outside, and the 200 people outside make the news.
Everyone is needed, but no one is necessary.
Maybe, I got a sense when [Star Wars] came out, and there were always these lines around the block. We didn't understand the popularity of Cheers until maybe five years into the series.