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Sometimes my body wakes me up and says 'Hey, you haven't had pain in a while. How about pain?' And sometimes I can't breathe, and that's hard to live with. But I still celebrate life and don't give up.

I found that being with happy positive people annoys me.

I'm always happy for people when I see God blessing them the way he's blessed me.

Suffering is a kind of ecstasy in a way. Having pain all the time makes me terribly, terribly grateful for every moment I've got.

I have been blessed with a good, fun, and wonderful life, but I've also seen a whole lot of pain.

My mother had abandoned the family, so grandmother raised me. And she was instrumental in that she taught me that the world is a glorious place. She taught me to embrace humanity. And she'd say there's never an excuse for joy. And to be thankful.

I celebrate everyone's religious holidays. if it's good enough for the righteous, it's good enough for the self-righteous, I always say.

When you celebrate, it's something that happens as a group. But when you mourn, sorrow is something that you handle as an individual.

All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.

I always cause those who are near to me more suffering than pleasure.