“I study every quivering branch, every imposing soldier, every window I can count. My eyes are two professional pickpockets, stealing everything to store away in my mind.”
“My eyes are two professional pickpockets, stealing everything away in my mind. I lose track of the minutes we trample over.”
“If I can fix every detail of this time in my mind, I can keep this moment always.”
“When I look into your eyes, one word leaps to my mind every time: Forever.”
“when I look in your eyes, one word leaps into my mind every single time: Forever.”
“The scent of growth, quiet and green, hung heavy in the air. I heard everything. I saw everything. I could count the craters on the moon. I could count every mosquito buzz past, bypassing my tender skin out of respect for a fellow bloodsucker.”