And then Adam Wilde shows up at Carnegie Hall on the biggest night of my career, and it felt like more than a coincidence. It felt like a gift. From them. For my first recital ever, they gave me a cello. And for this one, they gave me you.

But the you who you are tonight is the same you I was in love with yesterday, the same you I’ll be in love with tomorrow.

Because if time can be fluid, then maybe something that is just one day can go on indefinitely

Willem, I suspect deep down you know exactly why you're here, exactly what you want, but you're unwilling to the wanting, let alone the having. Because both of those propositions are terrifying.

It's ok if you want to stop fighting.

Okay, maybe this was the meant to be: the universe I knew, loved nothing more than balance.

It's nice, this. The canal." He looks at me. "You." "I'll bet you say that to all the canals.