“The sun rose slowly, as if it wasn't sure it was worth all the effort.”
“As the sun sank lower in the sky and the shadows lengthened around us, I slowly came to realize that Ash wasn't coming back. He was truly gone.”
“we fill the nothing with suns,line them up,swallow sap, swallowfield, drop by drop, each stema pump. Rose to rose to rose torose to rose to rose to rose, calyx &anther, all summer gone.”
“Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.”
“If someone believes you are worth the effort they will make the effort.”
“I've heard a lot about you, Rose. Don't worry. It was all good." "No, it wasn't.”