How we cite our quotes: (Poem.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Their days together had a gravity emanating from the mesas and arroyos, and it replaced the rhythm that had been interrupted so long ago; now the old memories were less than the constriction of a single throat muscle. (XXV.116)
Tayo and Ts'eh have a solemn, serious kind of love. You might even say it's…ceremonial.
Quote #8
The breaking and crushing were gone, and the love pushed inside his chest, and when he cried now, it was because she loved him so much. (XXV.116)
Tayo is still crying, but now it's because Ts'eh loves him. We're not gonna lie—this dude seems pretty darn emotional.
Quote #9
He held her fiercely all night, as if together their sweat and the heat of their breathing could lock out the moaning voices of the dark whirling winds. Together they made a place, remote and calm as the stars that lay across the sky. (XXV.159)
Tayo and Ts'eh's little love nest actually seems to protect them from the dark and the cold. Could it be that love is a kind of talisman against the evil of the witchery?