“At your side, choose a person capable of making you smile, even when you don't feel like it.”

“You don't feel like smiling? Then what? Force yourself to smile. Act as if you were already happy, and that will tend to make you happy.”

“Be sure to enjoy language, experiment with ways of talking, be exuberant even when you don't feel like it because language can make your world a better place to live.”

“You can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family, an' they're still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge 'em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don't.”

“If the person you would like to have by your side really wanted to be by your side… now, they would be by your side.”

“Because if you're gonna make someone choose, then you shouldn't be surprised when they don't choose you.”

“3. When he smiles at you, sometimes you feel like crying.”

“Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.”

“It isn't an easy thing to give your loyalty to someone you don't know, especially when that person chooses to reveal nothing of himself.”

“When she smiles, it feels like the first warm day of March-- after an eternity of snow, when you suddenly remember how summer feels on the backs of your bare calves & in the part of your hair.”