“Memories are powerful that way. They can bring a person back to another place and time and make them laugh or cry all over again.”

“Being forgiven is like having all the worst bits of yourself stuffed into a balloon and then having that balloon set free.”

“Its funny how even when youve lived with someone your whole life, they can still surprise you.”

“Memories are what makes each person different.”

“Memories are powerful that way. They can bring back to another place and time and make them laugh or cry all over again.”

“Theres comfort in hearing a voice when the world is silent.”

“The blood dried on his good hand, he passed his palm over her hair. It curled about his wrist and sprung back into displace as the breeze fluttered by. In the firelight, it was golden like the dand...”

“Does poem also walk through the valleys seeking tongues from dandelions?”

“Knowing even as I craved permanence in New York City, that would never come to pass. The pair of us would live for as long as we could. As well as well could. That was all. Then we'd blow away like...”

“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.”

“I stopped in front of a florist's window. Behind me, the screeching and throbbing boulevard vanished. Gone, too, were the voices of newspaper vendors selling their daily poisoned flowers. Facing me...”

“Daffy bent down suddenly, and picked a small startled white flower. "Anemone," he said, handing it over; he made her repeat the word until she had it right. "Find me a silk to match that.”