C'est courageux d'aller dans l'inconnu': It is courageous to go into territory unknown.

It feels like the city is telling secrets down here, privy only to those who think to listen.

The politeness was painful. I wanted to push through it, to return to the glow of the night of the concert, but I was unsure of how to get back there.

You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, it's out of your control -Mia

You meet people, you part ways, sometimes you cross paths again. Mostly, you don't.

He showed me how to get lost, and then I showed myself how to get found.

I'm also starting to wonder something else. If maybe the point of this crazy quest I'm on wasn't to help me find Willem. Maybe it was to help me find someone else entirely.