But maybe a broken heart seemed a simple price to pay, the way that all costs that must be settled in the future appear, until they suddenly come due.

“In a world of sorrow, love was an act of will. All you needed were the right in…”

“I loved him even now, as he took a knife to my throat, as I drowned in blood, a…”

“If you believed in something strongly and give it enough credence, it could app…”

“...and so many orchards circled the village that on some crisp October afternoo…”