“She was so delicate that, while we sat beneath the linden branches, a leaf would fall and drift down and touch her skin, and it would leave a bruise. So as we sat in the afternoon hour, beneath that fragrant linden bower, I had to chase all of the leafs that fell away.” GirlAffectionGentlemanDelicateMasculinityCourtesyChivalryRoman PayneCourtingBruiseFeminityLinden TreeLinden Author:Roman Payne
“Maybe it is desperation," I say. "Maybe we can't let things fall apart without trying. We can't let go of the people we love." He looks at me, and in the sunlight his eyes come alive with greens and golds. "Sometimes we can," he says.” LoveLetting GoDesperationFall ApartRhineLinden Book:Sever Source: Sever