It was involvement that put you into time, perhaps.

“She drove down the street, talking to herself furiously. I loved them too much.…”

“It's been a great gig. In this roistering life there a multitude of partings an…”

“Everybody was dying, or already dead, or leaving other people, and the year was…”

“You never know who’s going to tell you the good story,” Darwin said. “Wherever …”