“It's true, isn't it, that each of us has two hearts? The secret heart, curled behind like a fist, living gnarled and shrunken beneath the plain, open one we use every day.” HeartTwoUseSecretBehindsFistsTwo Hearts Book:The Dogs of Babel Source: The Dogs of Babel
“There would be hard times, but what did I care if we had hard times? The branches of my love were wide, and they caught the rain and the snow. We would be okay, the two of us together. We would be okay.” IfsTwoHardWould BeCareTogetherRainOkayCaughtWideSnowBranchesHard TimesI CareTwo Of Us Book:The Dogs of Babel Source: The Dogs of Babel
“Had I known but yesterday what I know today, I’d have taken out your two grey eyes and put in eyes of clay. And had I known but yesterday you’d be no more my own, I’d have taken out your heart of flesh and put in one of stone.” KnowsHeartTwoEyeTodayMy OwnKnownTakenStonesFleshYesterdayGreyClayGrey Eyes Book:The Dogs of Babel: A Novel Source: The Dogs of Babel: A Novel