“He starts to hum, a haunting melody. No words ride the music, only the familiar notes of a forgotten song.”
“God sings, we hum along, and there are many melodies, but it's all one song - one same, wonderful, human song.”
“My mom says Ingrid's name and I start to hum, not the melody to a song, just one drawn-out note. I know it makes me seem crazy, I know it won't make anything change, but it's better than crying, it's better than screaming, it's better than listening to what they're telling me.”
“Words are music to the ears, alone or together, with or without melody.”
“If you've ever been there, you've never forgotten. The feeling is as haunting and familiar as the smell of a junior high school locker room.”
“The marks on our lives are like music notes on the page--they sing a song.”