Mack > Mack's Quotes

“You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“Treat everyone with politeness and kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

“Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.”
― Shannon Alder

“Good morning. Eyes up. Hearts up. Minds sharp. Compassion on full blast. Okay, let's go.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You

“My wife's the reason anything gets done, she nudges me towards promise by degrees. She is a perfect symphony of one our son is her most beautiful reprise. We chase the melodies that seem to find us until they're finished songs and start to play. When senseless acts of tragedy remind us that nothing here is promised--not one day. This show is proof that history remembers. We live in times when hate and fear seem stronger. We rise and fall and light from dying embers--remembrances that hope and love last longer. And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside. I sing Vanessa's symphony. Eliza tells her story. Now, fill the world with music, love, and pride.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda

“You cannot let all the world's tragedies into your heart. You'll drown. But the ones you do let in should count. Let them manifest action.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda

“Good morning, he said. Be at home in your head. Make sure joy is well fed don’t let joy hog the bed.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You

“In your corner even in the roundest of rooms, on your side even when it makes the see-saw kind of boring.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You

“Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Just in what they are.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger