“There could never be a more beautiful you.”

“there can never be more beautiful you shine the light disguises and hoops that make you jump through because there can never be a more beautiful you!”

“When it came time to build a tabernacle, the Israelite women brought all their mirrors to Moses so he could use them to make God's building more beautiful. (Exodus 38:8.) They were far more interested in enjoying God's glory than reflecting on their own images.”

“Crying all the time had made her more beautiful. Grief will do that sometimes. Not for me. Loretta had left months ago and I still looked like hell.”

“The beauty! The beauty!”

“YOU, YUNIOR, HAVE A GIRLFRIEND named Alma, who has a long tender horse neck and a big Dominican ass that seems to exist in a fourth dimension beyond jeans. An ass that could drag the moon out of orbit. An ass she never liked until she met you.”

“I never wanted to be away from the family. Intuitively, I knew how easily distances could harden and become permanent.”