“If you were smart, you'd probably spend more time stretching, he said & I said, If I were really smart, I'd probably spend more time just sitting in the shade drinking lemonade.”

“I spent a long time trying to find my center until I looked closely at it one night & found it had wheels and moved easily in the slightest breeze. So now I spend less time sitting and more time sailing. ”

“I have a renewed commitment to elegance, she said, in case you think I'm just spending money for the fun of it. ”

“In the end, I think that I will like that we were sitting on the bed, talking & wondering where the time had gone.”

“I was waiting for the longest time, she said. I thought you forgot.It is hard to forget, I said, when there is such an empty space when you are gone.”

“Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth. ”

“You're the strangest person I ever met, she said & I said you too & we decided we'd know each other a long time.”