“After that, I became kind of fascinated by her and by what I guessed was her ability to hear music in the silence. Back then, I'd wanted to be able to do that, too. So I took to watching her play, and though I told myself the reason for my attention was because she was as dedicated a musician as I was and that she was cute, the truth was that I also wanted to understand what she heard in the silence.”

“Sometimes we meet people and are so symbiotic with them, it’s as if we are one person, with one mind, one destiny.”

“Please Mia," he implores. "Don't make me write a song.”

“A journey of a thousand miles starts with just ten digits.”

“Neither sleet nor rain nor a half inch of snow will compel me to dress like a lumberjack.”

“I remember watching it all and getting the tickling in my chest and thinking to myself: This is what happiness feels like.”

“Adam's lips are set in a grime line. I can't tell if he's about to cry or about to punch the guard. For his sake, I hope it's the former. For you own, I hope the latter.”

“For my first recital ever, they gave me a cello. And for this one, they gave me you.”

“But that's the thing with death. The whisper of it descent travels fast and wide, and people must've know I'd become a corpse because nobody even came to view the body.”

“I'll be your mess, you be mineThat was the deal that we had signed”

“You must not waste your one day here. When the sun shines, you let it shine on you. Snow is always waiting.”