"It made me so happy that I kept thinking uneasily that there must surely be something wrong."

"Are you a fool, stranger, …Or do you let things slide because you like your pain?"

"Ah how shameless— the way these mortals blame the gods.
From us alone, they say, come all their miseries, yes,
but they themselves, with their own reckless ways,
compound their pains beyond their proper share."

"That’s why I want to be a band director. I want it so that kids have a home they can go to when their own home isn’t where they want to be. I want to because I want kids who feel like outcasts to have a place where they can go and feel accepted. I want to so that kids that feel worthless actually have something truly meaningful they can dedicate themselves to. I want to so that I can give a student what was given to me, a family, a home, a passion and a life that has meaning. If I inspire just a single kid to do something great and meaningful, my life could never be considered a waste."

"We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us."

"Why, darling, I don’t live at all when I’m not with you."

"In the long view did it matter that we shared this? We were painting by numbers, starting with the greens. Because that happened to be our favourite color. And this, we figured, meant something."