“We went to buy you two flowers, but neither of us thought j just one bouquet would do it.”
“Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to get attention we do, except walk?”
“I would clear the table and Hugh would do the dishes, neither of us speaking and both of us wondering if this just might be the one to do it. 'I hear you guys broke up over a plastic hand,' people would say, and my rage would renew itself.”
“Like a necktie or a bouquet of flowers, an idea was best if one did not fuss with it too much”
“...any guy can buy you flowers, but the one who buys you hemorrhoid cream must really, really love you.”
“We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought.”