“Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last - are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship. You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is... suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with.”
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“He took his pain and turned it into something beautiful. Into something that people connect to. And that's what good music does. It speaks to you. It changes you.”
― Saving June
― Saving June
“David bunched up his shoulders and said, “I know metal.”
“What does that have to do with anything?” Genya cried.
David furrowed his brow. “I … I don’t understand half of what goes on
around me. I don’t get jokes or sunsets or poetry, but I know metal.” His
fingers flexed unconsciously as if he were physically grasping for words.
“Beauty was your armor. Fragile stuff, all show. But what’s inside you?
That’s steel. It’s brave and unbreakable. And it doesn’t need fixing.” He
drew in a deep breath then awkwardly stepped forward. He took her face in
his hands and kissed her.”
― Ruin and Rising
“What does that have to do with anything?” Genya cried.
David furrowed his brow. “I … I don’t understand half of what goes on
around me. I don’t get jokes or sunsets or poetry, but I know metal.” His
fingers flexed unconsciously as if he were physically grasping for words.
“Beauty was your armor. Fragile stuff, all show. But what’s inside you?
That’s steel. It’s brave and unbreakable. And it doesn’t need fixing.” He
drew in a deep breath then awkwardly stepped forward. He took her face in
his hands and kissed her.”
― Ruin and Rising
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