“She tucked a five-dollar bill into my dress strap—like I was a stripper!”

“It's easier to be careful in dresses. You have to be or you end up flashing your underclothes or destroying beautiful fabric. Dresses force you to be on guard.”

“You're like a doll I had when I was a kid. She was all stiched together and her head kept falling off, but I loved that doll. That's what you look like. Like somebody just loved you to death.”

“I figured she wanted to get into it with me, some he's-my-man-so-step-off song and dance. If so, she would have to dance solo.I don't do drama.”

“She was like the moon—part of her was always hidden away.”

“She decided not to look him in the eyes ever again. It was too much like being shoved over the edge of a ravine.”

“I wear my cool on the inside; that's why my hands are always so cold.”