“Would I lie to you?”“There was that time you told me the mud pies would give me flying powers if I ate them.”“Not my fault. I really thought they would.”

“And you told me the biggest lie of all. You told me you loved me,” It was my turn to wince like he’d slapped me. “I don’t remember saying that” “You would if it had been true. You would feel something”

“And time would open up to us and we would be the teachers of one another. All the things that gave you happiness would give me happiness; and I would be the protector of your pain. My power would be your power. My strength the same. But you're dead inside to me, you're cold and beyond reach!”

“I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to cut it with.”

“You know, this is the first time in many years that I really wished I hadn’t given up smoking. It would give me something to do with my hands, so that I wouldn’t use them to strangle you.”

“If leeches ate peaches instead of my blood, then I would be free to drink tea in the mud!”