“It was so close to October that Halloween was knocking at his heart.”
“October proved a riot a riot to the senses and climaxed those giddy last weeks before Halloween.”
“A counterfeit is a knock off. A cat’s tail swiping a knickknack placed perilously close to the edge of a shelf is also a knock off. How do you think my heart got broken?”
“He watched the aperture of the young women's lovely face close ever so slightly and felt a pang in his heart.”
“To understand Alexander well, it is necessary to follow his heart more closely than his policies, so I investigate the king's character through the mirror of the lives of his lovers.”
“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”