This was the reason there was music, he realized. There were some feelings that didn't have words big enough to describe them.

There is nothing worse than silence, strung like heavy beads on too delicate a conversation.

Here are the things I know for sure: When you think you're right, you are most likely wrong. Things that break - be they bones, hearts, or promises - can be put back together but will never really be whole. And, in spite of what I said, you can miss a person you've never known. I learn this over and over again.

You couldn't have strength without weakness, you couldn't have light without dark, you couldn't have love without loss

If words had flavors, hers would be bitter almonds and coffee grounds.

You're unwilling to go out on a limb because it just might break underneath you.

What he did was wrong. He doesn't deserve your love. But he does deserve your forgiveness, because otherwise he will grow like a weed in your heart until it's choked and overrun. The only person who suffers, when you squirrel away all that hate, is you.