“As I sat next to him on the piano bench, I said, “What if I’d never walked into the music store . . .” Sam smiled gently and looked at me as he played the keys on the piano ever so softly. And then he said, “But you did.” I decided that was my answer to questions of fate. I could go around asking myself what if x hadn’t happened, and the answer would always be, “But it did.”
Book:One True Loves