“She battened on a truthshe knew I too must own:when what’s at stakeis loyalty or love,hers are the true rights.”

“She flutters a hand and historybreathes—innocence returns,sin ripens on the tree of knowledge,death comes to be.”

“Sour wine laughter song a bagful of wishesmy satchel of skin my brittle bones— Chasing the rain The sun at my heels”

“Who can teach a heart what the heart desires?”

“wind stinging our facesoverhead the birdsshrieking turn backturn back turn backbehind us, look,bright fields, the seaglinting gold!we've come this farchasing the rain,the sun at our heels.”

“We kept a jarful of keyson a forgotten shelfin the house.What doors they opened,or what they kept forever locked,before they came by accidentor chance into our little jar,we never learned.”

“Please don't tell her i told you. I know how much you love her, Hardy, and i know the reason she didn't want you to know is because she loves you, too. I've never seen two people your age feel so deeply about each other. I understand you needing to know, but she would never forgive me.”