We, the fans of NBC's This Is Us [1], would like to be reimbursed for all the tissues that we've gone through since we became attached to the Big Three and their friends and family. You might as well call the show This Is Us Crying, because it's what we do week after week when we tune in to watch. Still, when we're done sobbing over Jack's latest romantic gesture [2] or William's soulful advice [3], we always feel warm and safe inside. That's because no matter how many tears we shed, we always manage to feel hope about the mysteries of life after each episode. Hold on tight to your feelings — here are our favorite uplifting quotes from Dan Fogelman's emotional drama.

Dr. K, Season 1

"There's no lemon so sour that you can't make something resembling lemonade."

Kevin, Season 1

"Life is full of color. And we each get to come along and we add our own color to the painting, you know? And even though it's not very big, the painting, you sort of have to figure that it goes on forever, you know, in each direction."

Jack, Season 1

"I love you as much as a human heart can love."

William, Season 1

"Catch the moments of your life. Catch them while you're young and quick, because sooner than you know it, you'll be old and slow, and there'll be no more of them to catch."

Kevin, Season 1

"I was head-over-heels in love with you the moment that I saw you. I never should have let you get away. And it's like you were part of me, you know, it's like you were my arm, and when I lost you, it's like I lost my arm, dot dot dot, it's like I've been walking around without an arm for over a decade, you know? Comma, I really want my arm back, you know, 'cause I never stop thinking about it, comma, not ever. Parentheses, you look amazing, by the way, end parentheses, period."

William, Season 1

"You deserve the beautiful life you made. You deserve everything, Randall. My beautiful boy. My son. I haven't had a happy life. Bad breaks. Bad choices. A life of almosts and could-haves. Some would call it sad but I don't. 'Cause the two best things in my life are the person in the very beginning and the person at the very end."

Jack, Season 1

"You're not just my great love story, Rebecca. You . . . you were my big break. And our love story, I know it may not feel like it right now, but baby, I promise, it's just getting started."

Rebecca, Season 2

"Our marriage wasn't perfect, it's true. But none are. And your father wasn't perfect, either. But he was pretty damn close. As close as they come. "

Beth, Season 2

"Our girls came out good, it's true. But we made them great. They make us great. We can do this. You and me, we can do anything."

Rebecca, Season 2

"It's not — it's my job. It's my job to keep standing there with my arms wide open, waiting for you to maybe someday fall inside if you needed it. And if you do, I'll love you. And if you don't, I'll love you, too — because that's what it means to be a parent. You'll see one day."

Rebecca, Season 2

"I have to talk to my kids, and I have to ruin the rest of their lives. So I have to be strong for them. God help me, I'm gonna be strong for them. And if you can't be strong for them, then you have to take a walk around the block until you can."

Dr. K., Season 2

"You didn't just make something resembling lemonade, my dear. You made one of the sweetest damn pitchers of lemonade I ever saw."

Jack, Season 2

"I don't need anniversaries to see you. I see you every day. You are my daily meteor shower."

Kate, Season 2

"Mom, I know that our stuff, it can be complicated, sometimes, but it's because all that I've ever wanted was to be like you. I want to be a singer like you, I want to be a mom like you, I want to have a marriage like yours. Mom you are not in my way, you are my way."

Randall, Season 2

"There is absolutely zero point in trying to control the future. Because nobody knows where we'll be, not even a year from now. But we can control are the people we choose. Choosing our people is the closest we come to controlling our destiny."