You're the perfect girl', he said, rubbing his chin. 'You expect nothing.

“I'd stopped waving to passengers in cars by then- I'd grown suspicious of peopl…”

“I am the drying meadow; you the unspoken apology; he is the fluctuating distanc…”

“Mom’s smiles were so full of feeling that people leaned back a little when she …”

“My genes, my love, are rubber bands and rope; make yourself a structure you can…”