Love was generous precisely because it could never be immortal.

“...I was one of the haves, and one of the secrets of being a have is not wastin…”

“Your topsoil's a disaster area — it's starved for nitrogen, it's been fertilize…”

“It was not her dream that chilled him, but that she did not weep as she told it…”

“We are our own dragons and our own heroes. We must rescue ourselves from oursel…”