“Trees lose their leaves in blizzards like these.”
“Like a tree losing its leaves. I forget even the thing I was thinking.”
“Eyes are shaped like leaves, mouths are shaped like leaves, and goodbyes are shaped like leaves. But my love, that is shaped like a tree.”
“. . . And as fall turned to winter, the Darlington peach trees started dropping their leaves again, gently, like they were letting them go. It wasnt the same as giving them up. It wasnt the same as losing them.”
“I like to pet trees—especially if they have furry leaves.”
“It ought to come like the leaves to the trees, or it better not come at all.”