"The best films are the ones that make you think, that challenge you, that stay with you long after you've left the cinema."
Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.
The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.