Quotes from book

Sing You Home

“For better or for worse, music is the language of memory. It is also the language of love.”

“Believe me, Being gay is not a choice. Noone would choose to make life harder than it has to be.”

“I don't know. But Iknow that I'm at the stage of my life where I want, not.

I know that the first person I kissed won't be nearly as important as the last person I kiss.

And I also know better than to dream about things that can't happen.”

“The only difference between a wish and a prayer is that you're at the mercy of the universe for the first, and you've got some help with the second.”

“How could I not have seen this coming, when I looked into your eyes and vowed to be with you forever?”

“The music we listen to may not define who we are. But it’s a damn good start.”

“I grew up in a household where we didn't really talk about our feelings, and where the only reason you went to a doctor was because you'd accidentally cut off a limb with a chain saw.”

“But there is a different between mending someone who's broken and finding someone who makes you complete.”

“You know how I get angry sometimes? That's because it's the only way I can still feel. And I need to test myself, to make sure I'm really here.”

“Beliefs are the roads we take to our dreams. Believe you can do something-or believe you can't-and you'll be right everytime.”

“I would rather be in minority and be right, than in the majority and wrong.”

“The bottom line in both cases is that people don't change; that no matter how charming you are and how fiercely you love, you cannot turn a person into something she's not.”

“Prayer is like water - something you can't imagine has the strength or power to do any good, and yet give it time and it can change the lay of the land.”

“I tell you this as a cautionary tale: beware of getting what you want. It's bound to disappoint you.”

“When you want something bad, you'll tell yourself a thousand lies.”

“You have to understand what you’re missing before you can really feel a loss.”

“All I know is that I carried you for nine months. I fed you, I clothed you, I paid for your college education. Friending me on Facebook seems like a small thing to ask in return.”

“You know someone's right for you when the things they don'tto say are even more important than the things they do.”

“Anxiety's like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you very far.”