“This is why there was music. There were some feelings that just didn't have words big enough to describe them.”

“This was why there was music, he realized. There were some feelings that just didn't have words big enough to describe them.”

“This was the reason there was music, he realized. There were some feelings that didn't have words big enough to describe them.”

“And just like that, something inside shifted very subtly, so that all the empty spaces in him suddenly disappeared, so that his breath timed to hers, so that his blood sang. This is why there was music, he realized. There were some feelings that just didn’t have words big enough to describe them.”

“Love is a tidal wave--not because it sweeps you off your feet, but because it pulls you down and drowns you.”

“The question is not if you're willing to die for her. The question is, can you live without her?”

“No one ever asks a kid for her opinion, but it seems to me that growing up means you stop hoping for the best, and start expecting the worst. So how do you tell an adult that maybe everything wrong with the world stems from the fact that she's stopped believing the impossible can happen?”