Woah, sorry, my computer wouldn't let me on YWS for a second there. I LOVE 'Who I am Hates Who I've Been'. It's the first song in the history of songs that I've actually had to google the definition of a word during. It was awesome! (The song, not the google, though that was fun too.)
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. -Abraham Joshua Heschel
pro·ver·bi·al/prəˈvərbēəl/Adjective: 1.(of a word or phrase) Referred to in a proverb or idiom. 2.Well known, esp. so as to be stereotypical. I think they're using the second definition.
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. -Abraham Joshua Heschel
You never really know how much of you takes residence in other people... We all exchange bits and pieces of ourselves with each other until we're big sparkly collages of everyone and everything we've ever loved — GengarTheGhost