Damask

In the book, Waters urges, "'Take up your ladle like a sword.

Stand behind your stove like a sentinel.'" Her house is modest yet beautiful, full of Damask furniture.

Christmas cards ring the kitchen doorway.

In one photo, Simone and Malcolm Collins, the prominent pronatalist couple who embrace the term "'hipster eugenicists,' smile from behind thick black glasses." On the credenza next to the dining room table, there's a gilded Bible, a Venetian clock, and a ring light that never turns off.

Amari admires everything that shines and glitters, and he is not at all particular whether it is gold or brass.

I believe this minute he knows more about Samite and Damask and Velvet than I do.

You would think the world was coming to an end by the wail he sets up if his cap has a feather less than he intended, or the border of his tunic is done in green instead of yellow.

Is that like being a man? Guileaux says Amari should have been a woman, but I think he should have stayed a baby.

These curtains are extraordinary.

Is this Damask? Alright, you've had too much to drink.

You shouldn't be driving.

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