“…that peculiar zen-like wisdom that must be as accessible to the unborn as to the dead.”

“…for as long as I could remember, people had commented on my voice quality.”

“I want him arrested. He destroyed my lawn!”

“People go missing, and there’s a kind of charm to the mystery.”

“Gramma had everyone in the barrio working for her on Christmas”

“My lover died and came back to life”

“‘You’ve got blood on your shirt,’ the guide said…”

“We are sometimes called upon to compromise our sense of propriety in the name of love.”

“…gay is one of those words, like penis, that’s always good for a laugh.”