Today she wears her habitual expression of strained anxiety; she smells of violets.

“Messy love is better than none, I guess. I am no authority on sane living.”

“Second-hand American was spreading over him in patches, like mange or lichen. H…”

“Love is not a professiongenteel or otherwisesex is not dentistrythe slick filli…”

“The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn't one.”