They say that in the old days, love drove people to madness. The deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you have it, and when you don't.

“And how she looked at me like I could save her from everything bad in he world.…”

“Here's one of the things I learned that morning: if you cross a line and nothin…”

“She liked that word: we. It sounded warm and open, like a hug.”

“It was a bird. A bird struggling through stickiness: a bird coated in paint, fl…”