And it’s just a box of rainI don’t know who put it thereBelieve it if you need itOr leave it if you dareAnd it’s just a box of rainOr a ribbon for your hairSuch a long long time to be goneAnd a short time to be there – Grateful Dead…

For those of you who tried but didn’t make itSettle down, it’s never what you thinkThe summit doesn’t differ from the deep dark valleyAnd the valley doesn’t differ from the kitchen sink – She & Him (“This Is Not A Test” song)

Buy the sky and sell the sky and lift your arms up to the skyAnd ask the sky and ask the sky Don’t fall on me (what is it up in the air for?) Fall on me (if it’s there for long) Fall on me (it’s over, it’s over me)…

I am what you seeI am not what they sayBut if I turned out to beCould you love me anyway? – Tyler Hilton (“You’ll Ask For Me” song)

‘Cause I am as sure as I am I couldn’t care lessFor what might go wrongAnd I’m as happy as sinIn a fear shaken world – Crowded House (“As Sure As I Am” song)

I’ve looked at life from both sides nowFrom win and lose and still somehowIt’s life’s illusions I recallI really don’t know life at all – Joni Mitchell (“Both Sides Now” song)

Based on this photograph and memory, circa 2006 (taken by Jenni Billings):

“Every word we spoke here—each one of them was another pomegranate seed.” Midnight Sun (book by Stephenie Meyer)