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The thing about being catapulted into a whole new life—or at least, shoved up so hard against someone else’s life that you might as well have your face pressed against their window—is that it forces you to rethink your idea of who you are. Or how you might seem to other people.
hadn’t realized that music could unlock things in you, could transport you to somewhere even the composer hadn’t predicted. It left an imprint in the air around you, as if you carried its remnants with you when you went.
“You only get one life. It’s actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.”
“I worked out what would make me happy, and I worked out what I wanted to do, and I trained myself to do the job that would make those two things happen.”
“Some mistakes . . . just have greater consequences than others. But you don’t have to let that night be the thing that defines you.”
Do you know how hard it is to say nothing? When every atom of you strains to do the opposite?
