You can give words, but you can't take them. And when words are given, that is when they are shared. We remember what that was like. Words so real they were almost tangible. There are conversations you remember, for certain. But more than that, there is the sensation of conversation. You will remember that, even when the precise words begin to blur.

We just want to walk. Our legs need to move to keep our minds from collapsing.

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.

Every relationship has a hard part at the beginning. This is our hard part. It's not like a puzzle piece where there's an instant fit. With relationships, you have to shape the pieces on each end before they go perfectly together.

If I lose it now, I will lose you, too. I know that. I hate it.

I had no idea what I wanted, only that I wanted something, which is the worst kind of wanting.

It’s up to you, not fate. True. But it was also up to Lily. That was the trickiest part.