“You are the closest I will ever come to magic.”
“The closest you will ever come in this life to an orderly universe is a good library.”
“This is the closest we will ever come to love.”
“And that was the closest I've ever come to an epiphany.”
“Loving is the closest we will ever come to immortality.”
“Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love.”