Children were experiments, and his had failed.

“I baptize you in the name of the conservation of energy. What comes around goes…”

“Yvette had never talked about her marriage - she was a smart girl, and she knew…”

“His heart felt dangerously full, for the first time in years. That dried-up bat…”

“We have to think of a question that we wouldn't otherwise want to answer.'He st…”