“We're all just in our bodies for a moment in our life. Such a brave and lovely act it is to let the body celebrate.”

“At our table in the corner by the window, huddled around a flame in a red glass, all of us, body to body to body to body. The touch that proves you're not alone, that someone else is there.”

“Books are in the mind, Grandfather Alessandro said. Too many books and you forget your body is in the world.”

“Her heartbeat was in her hands, her heart beat the way she moved her head, her whole body was her heart beating.”

“All this family shit! Harry said. How can you reinvent your life if the original versions won't leave you alone?”

“Maybe you've had skin next to your skin, but when was the last time you let yourself be touched?”

“Why else do we live, except to be loved and remembered by those we love?”