Already, though, she understood the difference between being a child and being an adult. The difference is when someone says he can keep the bad things away, a child believes him.
Joe HillI want you to remember what was good in me, not what was most awful. The people you love should be allowed to keep their worst to themselves.
Joe HillHorror was rooted in sympathy . . . in understanding what it would be like to suffer the worst.
Joe HillMusic [is] the third rail of life. You grabbed it to shock yourself out of the dull drag of hours. To feel something. To burn with all the emotions you didn't get to experience in the ordinary run of school, TV, and loading the dishwasher after dinner.
Joe Hill