QUOTE : On the postcard Perdu wrote Catherine that night were the phrases Max had invented that afternoon so he could present them to Samy at dinner.<br />Samy found them so beautiful that she kept repeating them to herself, rolling their sounds back and forth on her tongue like a crumb of cake.<br /><br />Star salt (the stars' reflection in a river)<br />Sun cradle (the sea)<br />Lemon kiss (everyone knew exactly what this meant!)<br />Family anchor (the dinner table)<br />Heart notcher (your first lover)<br />Veil of time (you spin around in the sandpit to find you are old and wet your pants when you laugh)<br />Dreamside<br />Wishableness