“Tell freedom I said hello.''If I happen to see it, I will.”

“Tell freedom I said hello.”

“Did you tell freedom hello for me?”

“I lost everyone I loved," I tell him. I wait for him to look at me, and then I add, "The day I met you.”

“Someday I'll tell you all of it," I say."I'd like that," he says."No," I say. "I promise you won't.”

“I've done it all before, I tell myself, and I can do it again. Trust is the strongest weapon.”

“I see an ocean that’s spilled out of a wineglass, its body clear and sparkling and folding over itself. I see a ribbon of sand.”