“I will describe my eyes and then begin the story. My eyes are blue and resplendent. Now I will begin the story.”

“I hit the spacebar again and again and again. My life story was spaces.”

“My life story is the story of everyone I've ever met.”

“I wanted to pull the thread, unravel the scarf of my silence and start again from the beginning.”

“I went to the guest room and pretended to write. I hit the space bar again and again and again. My life story was spaces.”

“I have so much to say to you. I want to begin at the beginning, because that is what you deserve. I want to tell you everything, without leaving out a single detail. But where is the beginning? And what is everything?”

“I like to see people reunited, I like to see people run to each other, I like the kissing and the crying, I like the impatience, the stories that the mouth can't tell fast enough, the ears that aren't big enough, the eyes that can't take in all of the change, I like the hugging, the bringing together, the end of missing someone.”