“Bodies bounced around like drunken particles.”

“The streets were awash with blues and grays – suspended in the air, bouncing off buildings, reflecting off car windows – as Brooklyn neared nighttime.”

“This was what Parker had learned early on about disappointment; its sting lasts only in the beginning, only until the body goes numb from its repetition.”

“Like a palindrome, like the way a perfect day should be.”

“His eyes felt like bathwater; fluid, therapeutic almost.”

“The likeness she had been searching for was on her face the whole time.”

“For a brief moment, the rusted steel beams above her sparkled like stars.”