Before she got here everything had stalled inside me, and every morning I was just moving toward nighttime.

“There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves la…”

“Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can…”

“I hear my heartbeat. I have been looking at him too long, but then, he has been…”

“I knew by the way he looked at her that he held her in a higher regard than he …”