“How could you carry the inside of a person with you and not call them a friend, no matter what the rules said?”
“It didn't matter what you looked like. It was how you carried yourself, how you saw yourself.”
“Love one person, take care of them until you die. You know, raise kids. Have a good life. Be a good friend. And try to be completely who you are. And figure out what you personally love. And like go after it with everything you've got no matter how much it takes.”
“Nothing mattered to him about a person other than what was inside them.”
“Being a musician enables a person to bend the notes and express things that are inside you, no matter what.”
“It was maddening how your best friend could twist the knobs inside of you so much that it hurt.”