“I cannot understand why my arm is not a lilac tree.”
“I could hear the crickets and tree frogs starting their night song in the small, wooded area behind us. A faint smell of lilac filled the air. There was always lilac in this part of town. Where there were grandmothers, there was always lilac.”
“Unless I understand the Cross, I cannot understand why my commitment to what is right must be precedence over what I prefer.”
“When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.”
“Every time I step into this library I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.”
“This is why people are so hard to understand. I cannot even estimate their gravitational pull.”