#story-people

"A few said they'd be horses. Most said they'd be some sort of cat. My friend said she'd like to come back as a porcupine. I don't like crowds, she said."

"He loved her for almost everything she was & she decided that was enough to let him stay for a very long time."

"I don't really like coffee, she said, but I don't really like it when my head hits my desk when I fall asleep either."

"I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that."

"Your job is to focus on my personal happiness, she said, & I've got big plans, so break time is over."

"I'm not sure if there's one right place I'm supposed to be, he said, but I know a couple of wrong places I'd give a second try in a heartbeat."

"Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left."

"If you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. So, you better think about that next time you want to be right."

"Start here & go until you die, he said. What's so complicated about that?"