But something, somehow, had made all these paths converge. You couldn't find it on a checklist, or work it into the equation. It just happened.

Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common.

Not for the first time, I wished both of us could just say what we meant. But that, like so much else, was impossible

Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts. -Maggie

Honesty in principle was one thing. In someone’s face, it was another.

Listen,"Kristy said," the truth is,nothing is guranteed. You know better than anybody." She looked at me hard,making sure I knew what she meant.I did."So don't be afraid.Be alive.

During the long stretches of quiet two-lane highway, with the sun setting in the distance, it was somehow easier to say things aloud, and regardless of what was said, we just kept moving toward that horizon.