“The train skimmed on softly, slithering, black pennants fluttering, black confetti lost on its own sick-sweet candy wind, down the hill, with the two boys pursuing, the air was so cold they ate ice cream with each breath.”

“My breath in the cold air was bleach that accidentally spilled on a black t-shirt.”

“Everything was chocolate ice cream and kisses and wind.”

“She still had her bad days, no question, when the black dog of depression sniffed her out and settled its crushing weight on her chest and breathed its pungent dog breath in her face. On those days she called in sick to the IT shop where, most days, she untangled tangled networks for a song. On those days she pulled down the shades and ran dark for twelve or twenty-four or seventy-two hours, however long it took for the black dog to go on home to its dark master.”

“...water laughing softly down a black stone wall.”

“You are so beautiful in that little black dress.""Every girl should own a little black dress""Every boy should see his girl in one.”