“Happiness compresses time, makes it dense and bright, pocketsized.”
“But the elastic heart of youth cannot be compressed into one constrained shape long at a time.”
“They inched through dense, heart-stopping darkness. In the distance was what looked like a bright white door cut out of a black wall. Sunni tiptoed towards it, puzzled by its brilliance.”
“Seated by her side in the narrow cabin, pressing cold compresses to her forehead and holding her while she vomited, he felt profoundly happy....”
“She is happy, she is bright.”
“Some people compress compassion and call it love others, compress love and call it loneliness”