Quotation

Love Is a Mix Tape

Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
"I now get scared of forgetting anything about Renee, even the tiniest detail, even the bands on this tape I can't stand--if she touched them, I want to hear her fingerprints. Sometimes, I wake up in the middle of the night, my heart pounding, trying to remember: What was Renee's shoe size? What color were her eyes? What was her birthday, her grandparents' first names, that Willie Nelson song we heard on the radio in Atlanta?...Nothing connects to the moment like music. I count on the music to bring me back--or, more precisely, to bring her forward."