“She was an artist. She held opposites in her mind.”
“When an artist improvises and plays, she allows her intuitive self to meet up with her conscious mind.”
“She's held onto her sobriety better than she held into her husband.”
“I held her tighter, just because I could. Because she was fierce, and beautiful, and mind.”
“Mariam always held her breath as she watched him go. She held her breath and, in her head, counted seconds. She pretended that for each second that she didn't breathe God would grant her another day with Jalil.”
“Deaf and blind to all but her pants and her hazy bluebell eyes as she rocked into bliss, he clenched her hips as if she held his life in her hands.Like she already held his heart.”