“My heart is small, like a love of buttons or black pepper.”

“There are dark black buttons tattooed on my heart. I’ll carry them for the rest of my days.”

“The last time I saw her was red. The sky was like soup, boiling and stirring. In some places, it was burned. There were black crumbs, and pepper, streaked across the redness.”

“Look into my eyes, and you will see me there--all, all that is in my heart.' 'Oh, I know what I should see there!'...'What would you see? Tell me?' 'There is a little black ball in the middle of your eye; I should see myself in it no bigger than that,' and she marked off about an eighth of her little finger-nail. 'There is a pool in the wood, and I look down and see myself there. That is better. Just as large as I am--not small and black like a small, small fly.”

“His can of pepper spray was bigger than my can of pepper spray.”

“Clouds of black birds rose up wailing and screaming, like the thoughts of my heart.”