“Life is short, but it is wide. Genevieve Whitman taught me that.”

“Life is short, but wide.”

“life is short but it is wide. this too shall pass.”

“Sidda sank down into the wide flannel embrace of their bodies, and she rested. For a moment she died a little death, they died it together.”

“These are all I have. I do not have the wide, bright beacon of some solid old lighthouse, guiding ships safely home, past the jaggedrocks. I only have these little glimmers that flicker and then go out.”

“You cannot escape from life. Life is not a book. You can't just set it down on the coffee table and walk away from it when it gets boring or you get tired.”

“It's life, Sidda. You just climb on the beast and ride.”