4. “So this is it. You are scored on my heart, Clark. You were from the first day you walked in, with your ridiculous clothes and your bad jokes and your complete inability to ever hide a single thing you felt.”
5. “I thought, briefly, that I would never feel as intensely connected to the world, to another human being, as I did at that moment.”
6. “I 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.”
7. “I will never, ever regret the things I’ve done. Because most days, all you have are places in your memory that you can go to.”
9. “You’re going to feel uncomfortable in your new world for a bit. It always does feel strange to be knocked out of your comfort zone but I hope you feel exhilarated too.”
10. “You are pretty much the only thing that makes me want to get up in the morning.”
11. “I know we can do this. I know it’s not how you would have chosen it, but I know I can make you happy. And all I can say in that you make me… you make me into someone I couldn’t even imagine. You make me happy, even when you’re awful, I would rather be with you - even the you that you seem to think is diminished - than with anyone else in the world.”
12. “I held him close and said nothing, all the while telling him silently that he was loved. Oh, but he was loved.”
13. “They say you only really appreciate a garden once you reach a certain age, and I suppose there is a truth in that. It’s probably something to do with the great circle of life. There seems to be something miraculous about seeing the relentless optimism of new growth after the bleakness of winter, a kind of joy in the difference every year, the way nature chooses to show off different parts of the garden to its full advantage.”