“We should've built a life from the stars and the sea and the sand. And I should've listened to her—she told me almost nothing, but she did give me clues, and I know now that she put signs in her words and expressions that were as clear as the constellations over our heads.”
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“...was sinking in the quicksand of his grief.”
“There was silence, where so much sound had screamed.”
“Her thick, black plait of hair was the rope by which a man might climb to heaven.”
“Aren't you flirting with danger yourself?”