“I smiled. She smiled. I believed the smile.”
“It always looked to me like she was smiling. In fact, I know she was. Lots if things smile, like a flower to the sun. And one thing sure. I knew that just like I could smile to see Pinky, she sure could smile to see me.”
“I asked her if she believed in love, and she smiled and said it was her most elaborate method of self-harm.”
“She smiles at our husband as she moves, and he blushes, overcome by her beauty. But I know what her smile really means...Her smile is her revenge.”
“She's smiling that smile they smile before they grow bosoms.”
“When she smiles niggers ask her for her hand in marriage; when I smile folks check their wallets.”