How did you explain a thing it had not occurred to you to question? A thing you just knew, clear through to your soul?

“I suppose when the things that give you bad dreams live inside you, there's no …”

“Five is for five heartbeats, the length of time it takes to breathe in or out. …”

“i had to cease to mourn what could never be ”

“A will to be unkind is like a sickness. It can be healed or driven out. But to …”