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“Using words to talk of words is like using a pencil to draw a picture of itself, on itself. Impossible. Confusing. Frustrating… but there are other ways to understanding.”

“We are more than the parts that form us.”

“The boy grows upward, but the girl grows up.”

“How about this?' Simmon asked me. "Which is worse, stealing a pie or killing Ambrose?"
I gave it a moment's hard thought. "A meat pie, or a fruit pie?”

“All the truth in the world is held in stories.”

“It gets tiresome being spoken to as if you are a child, even if you happen to be one.”

“It wasn't even a good note. 'If you are reading this I am probably dead.' What sort of a note is that?”

“You never do things the easy way, do you?" she said.
"There's an easy way?" I asked.”

“You do not know the first note of the music that moves me.”

“There are so many men, all endlessly attempting to sweep me off my feet. And there is one of you, trying just the opposite. Making sure my feet are firm beneath me, lest I fall.”

“Do you know what it's like to run spellcheck for six hours? It's like a party in purgatory. A party in purgatory where all they have to drink is sugar-free Kool-aid, and the only game to play is Monopoly, and none of your friends show up.”

“Just pity him, my boy. Tomorrow we'll be on our way, but he'll have to keep his own disagreeable company until the day he dies.”

“You lack the requisite spine and testicular fortitude to study under me.”

“Music is a proud, temperamental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is yours. Slight her and there will come a day when you call and she will not answer. So I began sleeping less to give her the time she needed.”

“Its like he knows he's better than you, but doesn't look down on you for it because he knows it's not your fault.”

“Are you hurt?"
"Absolutely," I said. "Especially in my everywhere.”

“Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.”

“I know," she said. "You have a stone in your heart, and some days it's so heavy there is nothing to be done. But you don't have to be alone for it. You should have come to me. I understand.”

“As my father used to say: “There are two sure ways to lose a friend, one is to borrow, the other to lend.””

“The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.”

“I swear I've never met a man who has your knack for lack of social grace. If you weren't naturally charming, someone would have stabbed you by now.”

“It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to BE itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true.”

“It’s not over if you’re still here,” Chronicler said. “It’s not a tragedy if you’re still alive.”

“Music sounds different to the one who plays it. It is the musician's curse.”

“Death was like an unpleasant neighbor. You didn’t talk about him for fear he might hear you and decide to pay a visit.”

“Fear tends to come from ignorance. Once I knew what the problem was, it was just a problem, nothing to fear.”

“Anger can keep you warm at night, and wounded pride can spur a man to wondrous things.”

“That is how heavy a secret can become. It can make blood flow easier than ink.”

“Just handle the books gently and you’ll get along fine.”