Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine.

How weird was it that so many bits and pieces, all diverse, could make something whole. Something with potential. 'Perfect.

This felt right. Not just leaving, but how I was doing it. Without regret, without second guessing. And with Wes right there, holding the door open for me as I walked out into the light.

I'd come here planning to leave as soon as I could. It was a pit stop, not a destination. I had my whole life mapped out." "So what happened?" "I guess that map didn't turn out to be mine after all.

The world is speaking to you every day, you just don't know how to listen.

The worst thing you can do if you miss or need someone is let them know it.

I remembered Owen telling me how music had saved him in Phoenix, that it drowned everything out, and it was the same for me now. As long as I had something to listen to, I could blur the things I didn't want to think about, if not block them out completely.