“Maybe in my dreams I can fly. Maybe in my dreams my wings won’t take away my arms”
“Jerry imagines that each piece of paper with its tiny inscription of ink must weigh as much as a planet”
“There is no drowning, just submergence and a crossing over to the other side”
“If it was about clean hands, I’d spray Lysol in his face. Dunk him in detergent. Baptize him in hand sanitizer”
“She stared infinity in the eye, daring it to blink, but she could never go back in time. She could never grab the girl she used to be by the shoulders and show her what she becomes”
“Gene sighed, glancing down at his denim suit. Maybe he’d kept up the charade long enough”
I know all the bird songs, but not which are mine”
“I also know what I am is monstrous and beautiful”