"Boys let you down, but music never does."
- Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
"I will rain down silver and gold for you. I will shatter the black night, break it open, and pour out a million stars."
- Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
"The Decemberists come on the radio. “Grace Cathedral Hill.” We both lunge for the volume. His hand brushes mine.
“Sorry,” he says. But I’m not.
The DJ plays two more songs from Castaways and Cutouts. We don’t talk. We just listen. Most people can’t do that - just shut up and listen. I close my eyes, play some air chords. It’s so amazingly beautiful, that album."
- Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
"I’m wishing he could see that music lives. Forever. That it’s stronger than death. Stronger than time. And that its strength holds you together when nothing else can."
- Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
