A pain exploded up high in her chest and spit her out of this terrible world.

“The Swedish he knew was mostly from Bergman films. He had learned it as a colle…”

“Wearing shoes in the house was barbaric. There was almost as much indignity in …”

“Some people are born to make great art and others are born to appreciate it. Do…”

“But it never worked that way, and the sex just made her lonelier. I understood …”