“He's a hot bath, a short breath, five days of summer pressed into five fingers writing stories on my body.”
“But you can't muscle through a five-hour run that way; you have to relax into it like easing your body into a hot bath, until it no longer resists the shock and begins to enjoy it.”
“Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes.”
“He kissed each finger, and with each one of them spoken a word. Five kisses, five words. His last.”
“Life is short. If you doubt me, ask a butterfly. Their average life span is a mere five to fourteen days.”
“If you think you can grasp me, think again: my story flows in more than one direction a delta springing from the riverbed with its five fingers spread”