Beyond the window, some kind of small, black thing shot across the sky. A bird, possibly. Or it might have been someone's soul being blown to the far side of the world.

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Say you’re running and you think, ‘M…”

“It’s as if loosening that knot I’d never noticed before had slackened my intere…”

“Your work should be an act of love, not a marriage of convenience.”

“When I was younger all kinds of people talked to me,” shesaid. “Told me all sor…”