Her last painting was of you, slouching against the front door: only your drowning I-had-a-lousy-Third-World-childhood-and-all-I-got-was-this-attitude eyes recognizable.

“Maybe we were together some other time.I can’t think when, I said.You tried not…”

“Once someone gets a little escape velocity going, ain't no play in the world th…”

“You guys know about vampires? … You know, vampires have no reflections in a mir…”

“Nobody likes children, your mother assured you. That doesn't mean you don't hav…”