Salsera1974’s Reviews > The General and the Elephant Clock of Al-Jazari > Status Update

"Gabriel reached for his thigh under the table, and John felt himself smiling. 'This is what I'm going to remember on the day I die,' he said. 'Right before I close my eyes, I'm going to remember this, the way your hand feels, the heat of your leg against mine, the smell of the skin on the back of your neck, like burnt sugar. . . . If I remember this, right before the end, I'll die happy.'"

Damn, Sarah. Wow.

Okay, I have other things I have to read first. And somehow, work (you know, the activity that funds the book purchasing!) has to occur, too. But I now have this gem in my hot little hands, and in the spirit of le sisters Pointer, I'M SO EXCITED!!!