Hannah

“Personal identity is a dynamic phenomenon. It changes across time and circumstances. It's in flux most dramatically when we are young and trying to figure who we want to be—who we could be. Identity is both a social act (such as choosing to add "I dig!" to your discourse) and an aesthetic one (such as opting to wear hot pants but drawing the line at miniskirts). Music, and lyrics in particular, serve as a kind of encyclopedia of personas for us to explore and adopt. Lyrics provide us with a private dressing room to "try on" the words of others, to see if we can fit them onto our own persona.”
― Susan Rogers, This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“Now and then, though, someone does begin to grow differently. Instead of down, his feet grow up toward the sky. But we do our best to discourage awkward things like that."
"What happens to them?" insisted Milo.
"Oddly enough, they often grow ten times the size of everyone else," said Alec thoughtfully, "and I've heard that they walk among the stars.”
― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

“The thirst for the infinite proves infinity.”
― Victor Hugo