"Whereas story is processed in the mind in a straightforward manner, poetry bypasses rational thought and goes straight to the limbic system and lights it up like a brushfire. It's the crack cocaine of the literary world."
"Dead. Never been that before. Not even once."
"Dead. Never been that before. Not even once."
"Two minds with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one."
"Death, I had discovered long ago, was available in varying flavors, and none of them particularly palatable."
"Whereas story is processed in the mind in a straightforward manner, poetry bypasses rational thought and goes straight to the limbic system and lights it up like a brushfire. It's the crack cocaine of the literary world."