Come here, oh my star is fading, and I swerve out of control
And I swear I waited and waited, I've got to get out of this hole
But time is on your side, it's on your side now...
-Amsterdam, Coldplay

Children three that nestle near, eager eye and willing ear
Pleased a simple tale to hear—long has paled that sunny sky;
Echoes fade and memories die: autumn frosts have slain July.
-Epilogue to 'Through the Looking Glass' by Lewis Carroll

Oh, know the perils, read the signs, the warning history shows,
For our Hogwarts is in danger from external, deadly foes...

I have told you, I have warned you--let the Sorting now begin.
-Sorting Hat, Order of the Phoenix

Hearts are worn in these dark ages; you're not alone in this story's pages
The night has fallen amongst the living and the dying,
And I'll try to hold it in, yeah I'll try to hold it in
-World on Fire, Sarah Mclachlan

“Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it…that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.”
-Dale Carnegie

I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathways like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete
-Somewhere Only We Know, Keane

Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what’s my lesson...
-Mad World, Tears For Fears

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children…to leave the world a better place…to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

In this proud land we grew up strong, we were wanted all along
I was taught to fight, taught to win
I never thought I could fail
-Don’t Give Up, Peter Gabriel

Everything changes... everything falls apart
Can’t stop to feel myself start losing control
But deep in my senses, I know
-Stupid, Sarah Mclachlan

Are you lost or incomplete?
Do you feel like a puzzle, you can’t find your missing piece?
Tell me how do you feel?
-Talk, Coldplay

Your love in all its finery tearing the darkness all around me
Till I can breathe again, till I can believe again, ‘Cause I’m a train wreck
Waiting to happen, waiting for someone to come pick me up off the tracks
-Train Wreck, Sarah McLachlan

With your touch of love in this autumn world
The sun was bright, the songs were heard
-December Snow, The Moody Blues

“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
-Anais Nin

Note: This chapter is LONG. Originally 3 chapters split into around 2k-3k words each, I've combined them due to the nature of the first chapter--letters. Happy Thanksgiving!

I heard the call, and in the mirror,
I saw the writing on the wall...
And I had to fall in love with you.
-Had To Fall In Love, The Moody Blues

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter.”
-Confucius

More strange than true. I never may believe...
Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend more than cool reason ever comprehends.
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.
-Theseus, A Midsummer Nights’ Dream

Peace, in the struggle to find peace
Comfort, on the way to comfort
-Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, Sarah McLachlan

I need some distraction, oh, beautiful release... memory seeps from my veins

It’s easier to believe in this sweet madness, oh
This glorious sadness that brings me to my knees
-Angel, Sarah McLachlan

“Though this be madness, yet there is method in it”
-Hamlet, William Shakespeare

“I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.” –Anais Nin

It’s these little things, they can pull you under

Live your life with joy and thunder…

Oh, oh… but sweetness follows.

-Sweetness Follows, R.E.M.

It's been a long day coming and long will it last

when it's last day leaving, and I'm helping it pass

by loving you more

And who he would become, all the things he'd have done

would he have loved you, and not let you down

-Isobel, Dido

I feel something so right

Doing the wrong thing

I feel something so wrong

Doing the right thing

I couldn’t lie, couldn’t lie, couldn’t lie--

Everything that drowns me makes me feel alive

-Counting Stars, One Republic

And I’ll find strength in pain

And I will change my ways

I’ll know my name when it’s called again

Cause I have other things to fill my time

You take what is yours and I’ll take mine

Now let me at the truth

Which will refresh my broken mind

-The Cave, Mumford and Sons