He left Himmel Street wearing his hangover and a suit.
He steps on my heart. He makes me cry.
He walked from one end of the basement to the other, the lamplight magnifying his shadow. It turned him into a giant on the wall, walking back and forth. When he stopped pacing, his shadow loomed behi...
He was a great horse, she went on, and the perfect story—we wouldn’t love him so much if he’d lived.
He was tall in the bed and I could see the silver through his eyelids. His soul sat up. It met me. Those kinds of souls always do—the best ones. The ones who rise up and say, I know who you are and I...
He's most likely robbing the bank as a paycheck on the world for winning the ugliness prize at his local fete three years running.
Her papa stood and called her half a woman. Max was writing The Word Shaker in the corner. Rudy was naked by the door.
He’d told them what Saturday night meant. The mattress, the plastic sheet. He told them of Matador in the fifth. He said he loved her from the very first time she’d talked to him, and it was his fault...
How about a kiss, Saumensch?He stood waist-deep in the water for a few moments longer before climbing out and handing her the book. His pants clung to him, and he did not stop walking. In truth, I thi...
How well do we really let ourselves know each other?
I am a result.
I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I ever simply estimate it.
I can promise you that the world is a factory. The sun stirs it, the humans rule it. And I remain. I carry them away.- spoken by death
I carried [Rudy] softly through the broken street...with him I tried a little harder [at comforting]. I watched the contents of his soul for a moment and saw a black-painted boy calling the name Jesse...
I carried them in my fingers, like suitcases. Or I’d throw them over my shoulder. It was only the children I carried in my arms.
I could introduce myself properly, but it's not really necessary. You will know me well enough and soon enough, depending on a diverse range of variables. It suffices to say that at some point in time...
I didn’t know words could be so heavy.
I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sand castles, houses of cards, that’s where they begin. Their great skill is their capacity to escalate. The
I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sandcastles, house of cards, that's where they begin.
I have to say that although it broke my heart, I was, and still am, glad I was there.
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