"So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we’ll never know most of them. But even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them." — Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower 

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"When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don’t seem to matter very much, do they?" — Virginia Woolf

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"I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart." — Vincent Van Gogh

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Aaron Sorkin’s Commencement Address at Syracuse University, May 13, 2012

Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world, and there are things you can do to lift the human spirit, things that are easy, things that are free, things that you can do every day. Civility, respect, kindness, character. You’re too good for schadenfreude, you’re too good for gossip and snark, you’re too good for intolerance—and since you’re walking into the middle of a presidential election, it’s worth mentioning that you’re too good to think people who disagree with you are your enemy….

Don’t ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world. It’s the only thing that ever has.

Rehearsal’s over. You’re going out there now, you’re going to do this thing. How you live matters. You’re going to fall down, but the world doesn’t care how many times you fall down, as long as it’s one fewer than the number of times you get back up.

The whole speech is phenomenal. It’s worth giving it a listen if you have a few minutes. Also, the transcript can be found here if you’d rather read it. Also worth noting at this time is that Aaron Sorkin just signed on to write the screenplay for the Steve Jobs movie that is going to be done. That’s also exciting. Finally, his new show, “The Newsroom,” premieres on June 24. (Seriously, watch the trailer for it. It looks brilliant). It’s a good time to be an Aaron Sorkin fan.

"The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"I don’t believe in luck, but I believe in hope." — Alex, a twelve-year old boy who had been bullied, in the movie Bully

"All I want is the perfect love.
Though I know it’s small,
I want love for us all." — Sufjan Stevens, “Impossible Soul” (via brittpinkie)

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