Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
Don't trust people who don't laugh. I don't.
Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. We need hours of aimless wandering or spates of time sitting on park benches, observing the mysterious world of ants and the canopy of treetops.
The music was my friend, my lover, my family.
We do the best we can with what we know, and when we know better, we do better.
It is only out of ignorance that people are cruel, because they really don't think it will come back.