“You dont have to be involved with my parents. Not if you dont want to be. Yes, youre the father,but you arent my boyfriend or husband. My family is my problem.I do, he said, before he even realized...”

“Hi. He turned and saw Kelsey standing in the door of the kitchen, looking . . . Well, she wasglowing. That pregnant woman glow, maybe? Or just the sun hitting her face at the right time. Eitherway,...”

“He found himself fighting the urge to reach out and take her chin between his thumb andforefinger. To tilt her head so that she had to look at him. So that her lips were so close to his a slightmov...”

“Kelsey breathed in deeply. He asked me to stay.Here?Yes.For how long?Until . . . until I want to leave, I guess. But he doesnt want me to go yet, and . . . Im thinking ofaccepting the offer.Now he ...”

“Tupperware? I dont know. Thats what my mom did.Well, my mom had to bring bigger containers for food when the family ate outdoors. But she usedthis when she and Dad . . .”

“She swallowed, her eyes dropping to his lips. And he knew she felt it too.”

“The spiritual life to me has always meant just one thing: feeling.”

“since feeling is firstwho pays any attentionto the syntax of thingswill never wholly kiss you;wholly to be a foolwhile Spring is in the worldmy blood approves,and kisses are a far better fatethan w...”

“Shes kept her love for him as alive as the summer they first met. In order to do this, shes turned life away. Sometimes she subsists for days on water and air. Being the only known complex life-for...”