“He liked to talk about the anatomy of racecars, motorcycles, hunting rifles, how things work, and she liked to listen. It was a mark of the distance between them that she listened so eagerly, the perennial miles, the weeks and months”
“And she looked at me like she couldn't believe I knew she loved Anne Rice. I guess he didn't know how much she talked or how much I listened.”
“Next was Alice. I gave her a book by Anne Rice because she is always talking about her. And she looked at me like she couldn't believe I knew she loved Anne Rice. I guess she didn't know how much she talked or how much I listen.”
“Little did the old man know how much God liked to talk to His children, how He longed to listen to them.”
“I guess she didn't know how much she talked or how much I listened.”
“I talk about talking like I listen to listening—in a room with mirrored walls that makes me appreciate the infinity that is God.”