“Everyones searching for someone to end the pain of loneliness. Even the darkest of souls wants a shot at redemption.”

“Once upon a time, he mightve chased her and tumbled her in the sheets with the promise of more in the future.”

“Ice upon ice, and yet, inside, she melted and mourned all the same.”

“She would never forget how his soul was lonely as the moon theyd met under, and how, for several brief moments, shed been able to chase the loneliness away.”

“Truth be told, loneliness had seeped into her bones with the passing of time until it had become her normal way of life.”

“Like a firework, a persons life flashed brightest right before expiration.”

“We are on strike, we, the men of the mind.We are on strike against self-immolation. We are on strike against the creed of unearned rewards and unrewarded duties. We are on strike against the dogma ...”

“If only it were possible to love without injury fidelity isnt enough: I had been faithful to Anne and yet I had injured her. The hurt is in the act of possession: we are too small in mind and body...”

“She looks at the swings, and I can see shes imagining what theyd look like if the kids werent there. The guilt of this holds her down momentarily. It appears to be there constantly. Never far away,...”

“Your heartbeat is so different from his," I whisper it; he has to ask me to repeat myself. I explain, "My fatherhis heartbeat was so fast. I could feel it, racingit was like his heartbeat shook my ...”