Marriage is like a chess match is initiated and the board expands over time until it takes up all of a life.

My boots were so heavy that I was glad there was a column beneath us. How could such a lonely person have been living so close to me my whole life? If I had known, I would have gone up to keep him company.

Songs are as sad as the listener.

Feathers filled the small room. Our laughter kept the feathers in the air. I thought about birds. Could they fly is there wasn't someone, somewhere, laughing?

I did not need to know if he could love me. I needed to know if he could need me.

She was not crying Which surprised me very much But I understand now That she had found places For her melancholy That were behind more masks Than only her eyes

Once you hear something, you can never return to the time before you heard it.