I'd been convinced I was on the outside, but really, I'd always been within arm's reach. All I had to do was ask, and I, too, would be easily brought back, surrounded and immersed, finding myself safe, somewhere in between.

A lot can change between planning something and actually doing it. But maybe all that really matters is that anything is different at all.

You’re always a kid around your parents… Unless they’re acting like children. Then you don’t get the chance.

There was nothing, nothing to depend on. And why was I surprised?

Their words, like the music, had the potential to be endless.

'I don't get it,' Caroline said, bemused. 'She's the only one with wings. Why is that?'

It's still a memory worth having, even if it's not exactly what you imagined.