The entire room was so yellow that it looked like the sun had thrown up on the walls and wiped its mouth afterward on the dresser and curtains. ---Cole

He is slow, and the sea sings to us both, but he returns to me.

His home was populated by things and creatures from Niall Lynch's dreams, and his mother was just another one of them

It's a lovely answer and takes me entirely by surprise. I hadn't realized we were having a serious conversation, or I think I would've given a better reply when he asked me.

He asked for a specific. I gave him a specific. I'm sorry it wasn't puppies.

He was uncomfortable with the idea that use might not like him.

Some words have multiple meanings. Scholastic, aware that I'm allergic to preservatives, kindly got someone to translate the phrase "I can only eat food without preservatives" into Italian. They warned me, however, as they taught me how to say it, that the Italian word for "preservatives" is the same as the word for "condom." So that I should be careful how I look when I say it.