I'm sure my face when I realized this is what the point was all along was hilarious.

[Quentin remembers the understanding washing over him and there was some bitterness in it, but not that much. Just enough for a life well spent with tragedy and joy. He is feeling very calm right now, in this peaceful place, with Clarke also seeming to be opening up. ]

It's not all on a straight line, you know? We figure it out, we're wrong, we try again. I think what I love about most people is there's this instinct we have to be determined stubborn asses and keep pushing through hardship.

[He does love people, it's there in his voice. Despite all the ways they've let him down or he's let them down, the enemies in his life, the frenemies, whatever, Quentin's never lost his belief in good. Maybe not perfect untarnished good, that's dead and for the better, but he feels it now stronger than ever.]

Working on it is a big deal, you haven't given up, that's really important. We're still so young, you know? Being old just made it clear that no one has all the answers at any age.