“Knew what it was to loose him. That specific being. that unique and miraculous collision of biology and history, spirit and matter.”

“At every moment, each instrument knew what to play. Its little bit. But none could see the whole thing like this, all at once, only its own part. Just like life. Each person was like a line of music, but nobody knew what the symphony sounded like. Only the conductor had the whole score.”

“No matter where I was, my compass pointed west. I would always know what time it was in California.”

“God gave you everything just to take it away. Just so you knew exactly what you were missing.”

“The story of her life. God gave you everything just to take it away. Just so you knew exactly what you were missing.”

“I wondered where he was now whether I would ever hear him again. Whether someone would love him, someday show him what beauty mean't.”

“That was the thing about words, they were clear and specific-chair, eye, stone- but when you talked about feelings, words were too stiff, they were this and not that, they couldn't include all the meanings. In defining, they always left something out.”