“Mouths are longer than they are wide, to ensure words don’t come out sideways. Even the word “sideways” comes out straight.”
“Suicide. A sideways word, a word that people whisper and mutter and cough: a word that must be squeezed out behind cupped palms or murmured behind closed doors. It was only in dreams that I heard the word shouted, screamed.”
“The first rule of snooping is to come at it sideways.”
“Tyler's words coming out of my mouth. I used to be such a nice person.”
“These are Tyler's words coming out of my mouth. I am Tyler's mouth. I am Tyler's hands.”
“But things worked out. Everything works out. Though sometimes they work out sideways.”