“What a midwesterner he was, a thoroughly unhip guy with his heart in the usual place, on the sleeve, in plain sight.”
“He didn’t wear his heart on his sleeve, exactly, but he did keep it in a place where I could see it.”
“Sometimes the best hiding place is the one that's in plain sight.”
“Shee, you guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off.”
“He wore a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the good place, and a heart-shaped leaf lay trapped in the hollow if his throat as though it were planned, though of course it was so perfect it couldn't have been planned.”
“Man was made to lead with his chin; he is worth knowing only with his guard down, his head up and his heart rampant on his sleeve.”