Once he had taken hold, he did not let go. It was not a handshake, it was a possession.

“I know when something is too important to be decided by logic.”

“Evidently you think I'm a fool who will easily succumb to flattery, or else you…”

“Suddenly the theater was plunged into utter blinding darkness, while an ominous…”

“I had learned that there were substitutesfor a mother who couldn't be a mother.…”