These days I script whole fights, in my head, and the reconciliations afterwards, too.

“I was nervous. How was I to know he loved me? It might be just an affair. Why d…”

“He would have died soon, but more painfully. Anyway, it was Urban Bloodshed Lim…”

“The male frog in mating season," said Crake, "makes as much noise as it can. Th…”

“The newspaper stories were like dreams to us, bad dreams dreamt by others. How …”