“Knowledge was like a mouthful of dust.”
“Wild honey smells of freedom The dust - of sunlight The mouth of a young girl, like a violetBut gold - smells of nothing.”
“He wonders what memories she is rediscovering, what thoughts are catching in her mouth like the dust blown from unused textbooks.”
“He'd dust the dirt off with his fingers, wash it in his mouth so it came lean off his tongue like a language.”
“The wind blew the dust along the ground into his mouth as he sang.”
“Milrose Munce had watched his unbridled mouth screeching ahead of him down the track, as his mind flew into the dust like a wheel from a broken axle.”