“Lying on stained, wretched sheets with a bleeding virginWe could plan a murderOr start a religion.”
“My father makes to-do lists, makes plans, makes business plans. This is how he starts, always with a blank sheet of graph paper.”
“A man's heart is a wretched, wretched thing. It isn't like a mother's womb. It won't bleed. It won't stretch to make room for you.”
“Nothing takes the romance and grandeur out of life than scrubbing stains out of sheets.”
“I will stay with her until it is time to close her eyelids wrap the wretched sheet around her bones.”
“A man's heart is a wretched thing. It's not like a woman's womb. It won't bleed. It won't stretch to make room for you!”