Let me hold on to this the way it was, before I knew anything else.

“As sisters, they probably have closer to 99 percent in common, but they’re not …”

“For I have never wanted a lover, but I have always wanted to love, and to be lo…”

“She raised her hand to cut me off. "I am aware of your epistolary flirtation. W…”

“A year. A thousand kisses. And now a thousand one, a thousand two. There are so…”