“He wanted the songs, the stories, to save everybody.”
“Everybody wants to save the Earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.”
“Everybody wants to talk about themselves, and everybody wants to hear everybody else's story, so we take turns playing reporter and celebrity.”
“Everybody wanted to be the hero of their own story. Nobody wanted to be comic relief.”
“You can't save a person who doesn't want to be saved. It was like Mr. Eddie always told the new gardeners: Everybody's got to kill their own snakes.”
“Everybody has a story, Alison," he said. "Everybody has things they need to hide--sometimes even from themselves.”