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“I had never seen Vincent apologize to anyone for anything, ever. But one had to learn how to hear what lingered in between the words.”

“This, I knew, was Vincent telling me that he loved men. no one had ever said those words to me - at least not that I could ever remember. But he communicated it a thousand ways over the years, most of them coated in death: I love you. Here’s how to stay alive. Here’s how to make sure that one can hurt you.”

“It sounds so generous to my ear: no object orphaned, all these pieces honored for all of us because some museum somewhere found them worthy. At last, safety net in the lonely struggle to hold on! I would think this would be a great comfort to the professionals stewarding such institutions, but I’ve only seen it as a threat. It’s not the possessions, but the possessing, holding on to what’s hers and yours.”

Right off the bat with no further introduction, the one thing he told me about Iceland was this: “we have a penis museum.”
“Really?” I asked.
“The only one in the world.”

“Lleva varios meses en este país, also debe de hablar. Me voy a encargar de que lo aprenda correctamente. He sido profesor durante muchos años, Leticia. Si he podido enseñarles música a alumnos sin talento, puedo enseñarle inglés y algo más a esa chiquilla.”

“A usted se le ha olvidado lineup es lidiar con niños, mister bogart. Además esta nena está traumatizada, echa de menos a su madre, ha sido arrancada de todo lo que conoce, de su familia, sus amigos, su escuela, su barrio, su lengua. ¿Se imagina lo que es eso?”

“Perfectamente”