“Sometimes fate or life or whatever you want to call it, leaves a door a little open and you walk through it. But sometimes it locks the door and you have to find the key, or pick the lock, or knock the damn thing down. And sometimes, it doesn't even show you the door, and you have to build it yourself. But if you keep waiting for the doors to be opened for you... I think you'll have a hard time finding single happiness, let alone that double portion.”

“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.”