I don't know whether you can look at your past and find, woven like the hidden symbols on a treasure map, the path that will point to your final destination.

remember that every fire will burn itself out, even without your help.

Everyone thinks you make mistakes when you're young. But I don't think we make any fewer when we're grown up

For better or for worse, music is the language of memory. It is also the language of love.

when you [lose someone], it feels like the hole in your gum when a tooth falls out. You can chew, you can eat, you have plenty of other teeth, but your tongue keeps going back to that empty place, where all nerves are still a little raw

You don't need water to feel like you're drowning, do you?

I know what it's like to start something and have it suddenly grow out of control. And you want to get rid of it, because it's hurting you and everyone else around you, but every time you try to do that, it consumes you again.