I had so much free time that free time was meaningless.

“Many, many readers have written asking me wistfully about the nature of Sam and…”

“And there is the girl. When I first see her and her dun mare from my vantage po…”

“Grace stopped in the door, dimly silhouetted by the dull gray morning light, an…”

“I didn't want normal until I didn't have it anymore”