Six years later my mother's absence remained in the air around us, a deafening silence that I had not learned to stifle with words.

“Don't be bashful; we're among gentlemen. It's a known fact that we men are the …”

“-¿Cómo se sale de aqui?-Si tanta prisa tiene... Hay dos maneras, la permanente …”

“Sokan hajlamosak vagyunk úgy tekinteni az emberekre, mint a lottószelvényekre: …”

“That woman is a volcano on the point of eruption, with a libido of igneous magm…”