“You're the only fire that consumes me." And my wonderful monster smiled at that. Smiled at me.”
“I smile at the phone, wishing Reggie could see me.'You're alright then, luv? No dramas?''Not a one.' I reach the kitchen. 'Thanks for thinking about me.''Gotta look after my girl. Only one I got.'My smile gets even bigger.”
“That smile, right there?”“Yeah?”“I’ve known you my entire life. You only smile like that for me.”
“My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.”
“Is it any wonder, since, when near the fire, I was melted and burned, if now that it's extinguished outside me, it besets and consumes me inside, and bit by bit reduces me to ashes?”
“Smile...it makes people wonder what you're up to.”