“I like to see your eyes praise me and, during such recitals, there are interruptions, not ungrateful to the heart, when the honey that drops from the lips is not merely words.”

“Making the ungrateful grateful will bring tears to your eyes, tears of blood bleeding from the heart.”

“I’ve dropped out of their hearts like a little sparrow fallen from its nest. So gather me up, dear, fold me to your heart – and you’ll see how nice I can be.”

“I ask God to bind my life to your life so that my mind will be one with your mind," I repeat the words Phaedrus says while I gaze at Reed and hold his hand. "My heart may be one with your heart," I recite it with a small smile on my face, "and my body may be one with your body," I blush a little when I say this part, seeing desire register in Reed's eyes. "From this moment through eternity, so let it be.”

“I wish I could be your tear drops,for what more could anyoneask for then to beconceived in your heart,born in your eyes,live on your cheeks,and die on your lips”

“And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.”