A song can last long after the events and people in it are dust and dreams and gone.

“I found myself, unbidden, thinking of the holy fools in the old story, the ones…”

“Hunchbacks danced at my wedding for luck. It's a thing you don't see nowadays.”

“There are some people who keep track of every day and every hours, and there ar…”

“I don't think immediate tragedy is a very good source of art. It can be, but to…”