“Quiet is here and all in me. ("Dress of White Silk")”
“She doesn't have to even give me supper. Im not hungry anyway.Im full. (Dress of White Silk)”
“So childish, Alex. You’ve ruined her dress.” The vibrant red silk floated around me as I treaded water. “I know. Bad me.”
“The dress of Virtue, in our parts, was cotton print. I had silk.”
“All of it seems like noise and false light, and all I want for tonight is quiet, the black and gray of a summer night, and a girl in a pink dress, beside me forever.”
“She felt him through the fabric of her dress, hearing the silk taffeta rustle like a breathless woman. The dress clearly wanted more.”