The entire history of human desire takes about seventy minutes to tell. Unfortunately, we don’t have that kind of time.
Richard SikenTell me how all this, and love too, will ruin us. These, our bodies, possessed by light. Tell me we'll never get used to it.
Richard SikenYou see, I take the parts that I remember and stitch them back together to make a creature that will do what I say or love me back.
Richard SikenYou're trying not to tell him you love him, and you're trying to choke down the feeling, and you're trembling, but he reaches over and he touches you, like a prayer for which no words exist, and you feel your heart taking root in your body, like you've discovered something you don't even have a name for.
Richard Siken