Lin Manuel Miranda Quotes

“You are perfectly cast in your life. I can't imagine anyone but you in the role. Go play.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda

“I know my sister like I know my own mind, you will never find anyone as trusting or as kind.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton: The Revolution

“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

“[WASHINGTON]
It’s alright, you want to fight, you’ve got a hunger
I was just like you when I was younger
Head full of fantasies of dyin’ like a martyr?

[HAMILTON]
Yes

[WASHINGTON]
Dying is easy, young man. Living is harder”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda

“Legacy. What is a Legacy? It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton: The Revolution

“Life doesn't discriminate
Between the sinners and the saints
It takes and it takes and it takes
And we keep living anyway
We rise and we fall and we break
And we make our mistakes”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda

“I am the one thing in life I can control.
I am inimitable.
I am an original”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton Vocal Selections | Piano Vocal Sheet Music Songbook with 17 Broadway Musical Hits Including My Shot and You'll Be Back | Music Book for Singers and Theater Fans

“On opening night, standing under the Rogers's marquee, [Lin] realized that if Eliza's struggle was the element of Hamilton's story that had inspired him the most, then the show itself was a part of her legacy.”
― Jeremy McCarter, Hamilton: The Revolution

“When my prayers to God were met with indifference, I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda

“Good morning.
Your very presence is intoxicating.
Good night.
Your very absence is sobering.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda, Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You

“love is love is love is love is love”
― Lin Manuel-Miranda

“The Hulk before intermission, Bruce Banner after it.”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter

“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

“All history should be taught through rap by Lin-Manuel Miranda”
― Becky Albertalli, Adam Silvera