“She Speaks Of Love”

“Love!' said the princess. She stamped her foot. 'Why must everyone always speak of love?”

“Music is the heart of life." She speaks love; "without it, there is no possible good and with it everything is beautiful.”

“The only language she could speak was grief. How could he not know that? Instead, she said, "I love you." She did. She loved him. But even that didn't feel like anything anymore.”

“In the dime stores and bus stations
People talk of situations
Read books, repeat quotations
Draw conclusions on the wall
Some speak of the future
My love she speaks softly
She knows there’s no success like failure
And that failure’s no success at all-Bob Dylan, “Love Minus Zero / No Limit” (1965)”

“She doesn't speak, but she doesn't have to. I know in these moments, when it's just her and me and nothing else, that she truly, soul-deep loves me.”