Eli had learned long ago that you can stare right at something and not see what lies beneath the surface.

“Add love, and a person might do something crazy. Add love, and all the lines be…”

“She had never been a pretty crier. She sobbed the way she did everything else -…”

“There is a reason history has, at its heart, the narrative of one's life.”

“You can feel people staring: it's like heat that rise from the pavement during …”