Sometimes taking time is actually a shortcut.

“A certain something, he felt, had managed to work its way in through a tiny ope…”

“I used to think the years would go by in order, that you get older one year at …”

“With the advent of winter, her eyes seemed to take on a greater transparency, a…”

“Even though I might go out on a date with a boy, emotionally I just wouldn’t be…”