For the longest time, it felt kind of like my chest was cracking open, but not precisely in an unpleasant way.

“I know that books seem like the ultimate thing that’s made by one person, but t…”

“I don't think you're dying," I said. "I think you've just got a touch of cancer…”

“Isn't it also that on some fundamental level we find it difficult to understand…”

“I'd had nearly four years of experience looking at these clocks, but their slug…”