“...it will be a world made not bright but brighter, not clean but cleaner.”
“I want a brighter word than bright”
“The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.”
“You like vodka, and I like carpet cleaner. You should try it. It’ll put hair on your chest—really clean hair. Grandpa said it would make me a better lover, but I made me a better lover—and I made it out of clay.”
“Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.”
“He put my fingertips to his mouth and kissed them. Licked the trace of blood away. Made them clean.Then I knew the truth I had been denying. He made me clean. Dan made me clean and shining and bright. He made me beautiful, and I did not want to lose him.”