Instead, he was astonished by what he had: the chance to sit beside this woman in the late afternoon light while she read.

“GAWKING IS A LOOK stronger than a stare. The gawk was full of brazen curiosity,…”

“I wanted to eat her pain, take it into me and make it my own.”

“Maybe there would be a bad outcome for some of the others, but no one was going…”

“It's easier to love a woman when you can't understand a word she's saying.”