“The rain hung from his earlobes like delicate jewelry.”

“The rain echoed in the shadowy attic space and made me feel small and fragile, like a lace glove left behind on moving day - mateless and abandoned.”

“You're like rottweilers - they protect you from burglars, but nothing protects you from them.”

“I had the craziest idea that if I looked closely enough, maybe tilted his head toward the light, I'd be able to see into his brain.”

“Real monsters eat you from the inside out.”

“But what was the point of love if it didn't keep people from leaving you?”

“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.”