At this point in the show's young but impactful life, the word "Hamilton" probably provokes one of the following feelings in you:

a.) Excitement, fangirling/fanboying and the instinctive, irresistible urge to break out in song. "Challenge me to a rap battle," you say. "'Cabinet Battle #1.' Right now. I dare you."

b.) Oh gosh. Not again. It's that musical that your theatre friends won't stop talking about. You haven't listened to it yet even though they keep begging you to. It's just a play, not really your thing.

c.) Oh yeah, you've heard about it on NPR, and well, pretty much every other news outlet. Seems interesting and you keep making a note to yourself to check it out to fit in with the cool kids. Maybe one day you will feel up to speed at a social outing.

...Or, very, very rarely:

d.) Hamilton? Like Alexander Hamilton? The founding father? What does he have to with hip-hop? Never heard of this "Hamilton" spectacle.

But, I assume you have definitely heard of it somehow, even if only vaguely.

If you have heard of Hamilton, you have most likely heard of Lin-Manuel Miranda, the man wrote the lyrics, book, and score of the eleven Tony award-winning cultural phenomenon. Lin also played Alexander Hamilton himself, the first U.S. Treasurer and founding father on which the Broadway smash is based. Lin-Manuel Miranda is also credited with writing his Pulitzer Prize-winning musical In the Heights, writing the music and lyrics for Bring It On: The Musical, and lending his musical talents to blockbusters such as Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the upcoming Disney flick Moana. Man, the man doesn't let up. Regardless of how well you can spit out the lyrics to "My Shot" and "Non-Stop," Lin-Manuel Miranda's words have the potential to inspire, heal, and engender change and dialogue.

Since Lin, (along with equally brilliant co-stars Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo, and Daveed Diggs), have recently said farewell to their roles in Hamilton, I decided that it would be appropriate to emphasize the impact and importance of Lin's words with, well, Lin's words. Compiled from interviews, articles, Lin's Twitter, and his works, these funny, heartfelt, introspective, motivating, and insightful, quotes are guaranteed to be good for the soul. Here's your daily dose of LMM!

The Always Inspiring, Refreshing "Good Morning" and "G'night" Tweets (and only a small handful):

“Good morning. You are perfectly cast in your life. I can’t imagine anyone but you in the role. Go play.”

“Good morning. Imagine how you want to feel at the end of the day. Start working towards that now. Have a good breakfast tho.”

"The world changes.
The ground shifts.
We still make plans.
We still find gifts.
Gmorning."

"Gmorning. You can fume at the world if you like. You can also use your words, art & gifts to let us in. Build us a bridge to where you are."

"Those who hate us and fear us cannot bring us down. *looks around.* I love you. Good night."

" God I hate it when people don't realize they're extraordinary and capable of tremendous things
[i am subtweeting at you now right]
Gnight!"

"The sun is gone but you remain, undimmed and glorious.
Gnight."

"The world changes.
The earth spins.
We grieve our losses.
We eke out wins.
Gnight."

“Everything is changing all the time.
May as well lean into it.
Gnight!”

The times he has offered words of wisdom and inspiration to young aspiring writers and artists of varying mediums:

“You have to live with the notion of, If I don’t write this, no one’s going to write it. If I die, this idea dies with me.” (Credit to Jon Winokur AKA @AdviceToWriters)

"Anytime you write something, you go through so many phases. You go through the 'I'm a Fraud' phase. You go through the 'I'll Never Finish' phase. And every once in a while you think, 'What if I actually have created what I set out to create, and it's received as such?'"

"Write write write. What I'd give for your energy. WRITE!"

Of course, that infamous pinned tweet that is still hilarious and adorable every time:

“*Lady rolls down her car window at 181st street*
"congrats on HAMLET!"
Me: "I WISH I wrote Hamlet!"
Lady: "Yay HAMLET!"
*drives away*
#myday”

Yay Hamlet!

When he made keen, insightful observations in the most humorous way possible:

“Envelope is such a good word. Every e in that motherf*cker is a different sound, even though they look the same.”

“I solemnly swear not to put my heroes on pedestals.
I solemnly swear to remember they're human like me.
I solemnly swear not to ski.”

His words for when there were seemingly no words:

"Black lives matter. Not just as a hashtag, not just in all caps, in real life."

"What we got is love even when the sinners hate us."

“It feels more important than ever to celebrate new music. If art is what fights tragedy, if art is what fights the void, if art is what helps us make sense of violence and random acts of cowardice and killing, then tonight’s important.”

“My wife's the reason anything gets done / She nudges me towards promise by degrees / She is a perfect symphony of one / Our son is her most beautiful reprise / We chase the melodies that seem to find us / Until they're finished songs and start to play / When senseless acts of tragedy remind us / That nothing here is promised, not one day / This show is proof that history remembers / We lived through times when hate and fear seemed stronger / We rise and fall and light from dying embers, remembrances that hope and love last longer / And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside / I sing Vanessa's symphony, Eliza tells her story. Now fill the world with music, love and pride.”

The time he was a game-changer in the musical theatre world:

“There's been lots of theater that uses hip-hop in it, but more often than not, it's used as a joke - isn't it hilarious that these characters are rapping. I treat it as a musical form, and a musical form that allows you to pack in a ton of lyric.”

When he spoke out against the lack of representation of people of color in the media:

“I can't say I have enough experience with Hollywood to feel that I've encountered racism there. I can tell you that I did about five fruitless years of auditioning for voiceovers where I did variations on tacos and Latin accents, and my first screen role was as a bellhop on 'The Sopranos.'”

“When I get called in for stuff for Hollywood, I get to be the best friend of the Caucasian lead. If I want to play the main guy, I have found, I have to write it.”

“A lot of the reason the Universal version of 'Heights' went away is that they were afraid they didn't have a big enough Latino star to bankroll this movie. The people I dealt with at the studio who wanted to make this movie were very passionate about it.”

“I don't differentiate between black and Latino actors. We're in the same struggle to be represented in a way that's even close to honest. And I can tell you that the amount of Latino characters I can point at and say, 'That's what my life experience looks like' - I can't think of any off the top of my head besides Jimmy Smits in 'Mi Familia.'”

“Because of the success of 'Hamilton' and 'On Your Feet!' you can't hide behind the old argument of, 'It needs to be bankable, so we can't put all these people of color in the show.' We are bankable.”

The various relevant, thought-provoking comments he has made on history and politics:

“America! You great unfinished symphony!" (Lyric from "The World Was Wide Enough" from Hamilton)

“History obliterates in every picture it paints” (Lyric from "The World Was Wide Enough" from Hamilton)

“We've had characters like Trump in American politics forever, characters who trade on xenophobia.”

"Every couple of election cycles or so some politician or another tries to tie the word 'immigrant' to as many terrible words as you can imagine. They'll use 'immigrant' in the same sentence as 'rapists,' 'killers,' insert pejorative here. To me, 'immigrant,' that word has only positive connotations. It's about someone who made miracles happen, to come to a country where they don't know the culture, maybe don't know the language, and worked twice as hard at the jobs no one else wants to do so that their family and their kids have a better life. That's the narrative I grew up around in my Latino neighborhood at the top of Manhattan and that's what I recognize about Hamilton."

“History is so subjective. The teller of it determines it.”

Hmmm... could this potentially be the thought process behind Lin's ingenious decision to make Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton's first friend and first enemy, the narrator of Hamilton's story?

My personal favorite lyrics from Hamilton:

(But, gosh, the show is so lyrically dense and not one word is wasted, I apologize if this isn't the best representation that it could be)

“Life doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints it takes and it takes and it takes and we keep living anyway, we rise and we fall and we break and we make our mistakes” (“Wait For It”)

“I am the one thing in life I can control. I am inimitable; I am an original. I'm not falling behind or running late. I'm not standing still: I am lying in wait.” (“Wait For It”)

And, my personal favorite line from In the Heights:

(which I desperately need to revisit, it's been a while since I've listened to that show and therefore am having a hard time remembering all of the beautiful lyrics and monologues that Lin wrote)

"Grandma mi ador, remember, patience and faith."

Miscellaneous inspiration, beautiful thoughts, and insights:

“To engender empathy and create a world using only words is the closest thing we have to magic.”

“Everyday has the potential to be the greatest day of your life”

“The past places no absolute limit on the future.”

So thank you, Lin-Manuel Miranda. Thank you for not taking the obvious, easy route. Thank you for having the courage to execute your vision and share what may have at first seemed far-fetched with a national audience. Thank you for telling a story that has been distorted and swept under the rug over the years. Thank you for gifting teenagers in small towns and big cities alike with a soundtrack and a story to bond over and to share and experience together. Thank you for allowing people of all backgrounds and origins to see themselves in pieces of our nation's history. Thank you for engendering change in Broadway and the media. Thank you for creating a show that anyone could love and cherish, regardless of whether or not they were able to snag tickets to the show.

In short, thank you for your words.

We wish you the best in whatever projects you take on post-Hamilton and we will be there to support you. We can't wait to see how you will "blow us all away" next. (But of course, we understand if you want to take a break or try something new. You do you, Lin).