“The blood in my veins is frozen but it sings of love.”

“He looked like a once-green leaf that had begun to dry and to reveal the structure of its veins.”

“The awesome silence of the place crept up on her. The spruce and pines, all still laden with snow, spread their limbs in a frozen ballet, breathing a ghostly incense from dark, arid chapels sheltered by their branches.”

“I LOVE HORSES!' shrieked the Tooth Fairy over his shoulder.”

“Because two people in love don't make a hive mind. Neither should they want to be a hive mind, to think the same, to know the same. It's about being separate and still loving each other, being distinct from each other. One is the violin string one is the bow.”

“What I mean is this: you meet someone, you think about them. You're already changing because of the way you think about them. You meet them again, you think about them some more, you're changing again. And on it goes. You are changing right now. Before my eyes.”

“She couldn't see him, but his voice was like light through a stained-glass window in a cathedral.”