“Lily might be icy on the outside, but inside she was Vesuvius.”

“All the pictures on the walls, they all white as lilies and smiling like alligators.”

“...but I was sure he'd been talking about the home of someone white, because he'd said, "All the pictures on the walls, they all white as lilies and smiling like alligators.”

“She won't win," Eric said. He sounded confident, passionate--everything I might have hoped would be reassuring."You're sure?" I asked."Yes, my lover. I'm sure.""But you're not here," I observed, and I hung up very gently. He didn't call back.”

“We might be on the same page, but I wasn't happy about reading it.”

“Some might think you suicidal.""Well, 'some' can stick it up their ass.”

“And since I’m going to be in the neighborhood, you thought I might do as an escort? To an orgy?”