“Pro te, milies aeterno. He placed my hand on his heart. And that means? For you, a thousand times eternity.”
“I wondered if that’s what déjà vu was - being in step with a moment, a place, exactly where you were supposed to be at a given time. ”
“If tears of sorrow are the echoes of things lost, what then are tears of joy?”
“ It was very hard to keep a straight face when I had seen a glimpse of her ‘oh-so-propah’ husband in pink women’s underwear. There were few glimpses I’d ever regretted seeing, but that one was at the top of my list.”
“His eyes looked sad and cautious. I recognized the grief, but there seemed to be more to it, a depth beyond what even I had experienced, a regret I couldn’t quite grasp.”
“Everything he did was a physical thing. When he spoke, my bones ached. When he breathed, I felt it in my veins and on my skin. ”