It will affect me in ways I can't even begin to get my mind around. This day is a dark crater. There is no room for songs. The songs are wrong. Every song is wrong. And I don't know what to do without music.

Deep down, you see, I long to be arcane, esoteric. I would love to confound people with their own language.

The words that matter always stay.

I find my greatest strength in wanting to be strong. I find my greatest bravery in deciding to be brave. I don't know if I've ever realized it before,[...] I think we both realize it now. If there's no feeling of fear, then there's no need for courage.

this might be the happy ending without the ending

Because sometimes you just have to dance like a madman in the Self-Help section of your local bookstore.

I know I should just leave. Just go. Because there's a point where a mistake turns into a big mistake, and I should probably come to my senses before I get there.