“It’s the way he saysmy name: like music.”
“It's the way he says my name: like music.”
“Hope,Lizzie saysmy name overandoverandoveragain.Hope!And, oh,I stand there.Oh, my heart.I stand there,still.”
“I love the way he says my name, like it’s something he wants to keep safe.”
“I’m a word freak. I like words. I’ve always compared writing to music. That’s the way I feel about good paragraphs. When it really works, it’s like music.”
“His last name was Morris, but I called him Mars, because it’s like he was from another planet, like Venus. He was a cross dresser.”