“Plus there’s the fact,” he went on, making it clear he didn’t need me to reply anyway, “that music is a total constant. That’s why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in you or the world, that one song stays the same, just like that moment. Which is pretty amazing, when you actually think about it.”
― Just Listen
― Just Listen
“P.P.S. Just because I like you, it doesn't mean I still don't think you're an evil creature of the night. You are.”
― Blood Promise
― Blood Promise
“I had this wild thought that he was the only one in all this chaos who was just like me, and that was comforting and profound all at once.”
― Dreamland
― Dreamland
“It was like those songs I'd heard as a child, each so familiar, and all mine. When i got older and realized the words were sad, the stories tragic, it didn't make me love them any less. By then they were already part of me, woven into my conciousness & memory”
― Lock and Key
― Lock and Key
“More than his exterior hit me. I felt warm and safe just being with him. He brought comfort after my terrible day. So often with other people I felt a need to be center of attention, to be funny and always have something clever to say. It was a habit I needed to shake. But with him I never felt like I had to be anything more than what I already was. I didn’t have to entertain him or think up jokes or even flirt. It was enough to just be together, to be so completely comfortable in each other’s presence—we lost all sense of self-consciousness.”
― Shadow Kiss
― Shadow Kiss
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