Relationships

We have each other to lean on for encouragement. We have our beloved teachers to call on for advice. And we have our parents to count on to pick us up whenever we fall.

Everyone you need is in this room. These are the shiny, more important people. We can't help it — we burn very brightly. Please don't ever stop.

You cannot be brave all by yourself. Everybody's got to have a Charlotte. You're going to be Wilbur a lot. You're going to need a Charlotte.

You can't do it alone. As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas are often better than your own.

When you feel scared, hold someone's hand and look into their eyes. And when you feel brave, do the same thing.

Continue to share your heart with people even if it's been broken. Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used.

In every career, your job is to make and tell stories. You will build a body of work, but you will also build a body of affection—the people you've helped and who've helped you back.

A connection should probably make you feel a little uneasy. Because if you make a connection it means you're beginning to take responsibility for that person's life.

Happiness is love. Full stop. The surest way to measure whether a person is happy, healthy and well is to ask: How deeply is that person enmeshed in deep passionate commitments?

When you feel scared, hold someone's hand and look into their eyes. And when you feel brave, do the same thing.

You can't do it alone. Be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.

Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used.