“She was so beautiful it made her teeth ache.He made a mental note not to attempt poetry.”
“I made a mental note to call. Later.Tomorrow. Next month. Or January.”
“She went by the name of Belisa Crepusculario, not because she'd been born with it or baptized it, but because she herself had searched until she found the poetry of 'beauty' and 'twilight' and cloaked herself in it. She made her living selling words.”
“The poet wishes to strike beautiful notes, not new notes... To ask or expect a poet to strike a new note in poetry is exactly like asking or expecting the Nightengale to strike a new note in her perennial song.”
“I disconnected and made a mental note not to call Tank unless I was bleeding profusely, and he was the only other person on earth.”
“She made you decent, and in return, you made her so happy.”