His heart, like mine, was ticking off the time allotted to his small restless body.

“Estaba en la plenitud de la vida y todo giraba en torno a la muerte.”

“The unwaking world was as hushed as a deep forest.”

“As if to build a fence around the fatal emptiness inside her, she had to create…”

“You have to look!" Johnnie Walker commanded. "That's another one of our rules. …”