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“Please be patient with me. Sometimes when I’m quiet it’s because I need to figure myself out. It’s not because I don’t want to talk. Sometimes there are no words for my thoughts.”

“When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.”

“If you find someone who makes you smile, who checks up on you often to see if you’re okay. Who watches out or you and wants the best for you. Who loves and respects you. Don’t let them go. People like that are hard to find.”

Frank Bidart, Half-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016

“Be with someone who would drive five hours, just to see you for one.”