Everything seemed slow, molasses slow, lovesick slow.

“He believed in dreams, in endings that people told you could never happen, in d…”

“Others said May was best, that sweet green time when lilacs bloomed and gardens…”

“I thought of the bowl of water my mother taught me to look into. It was true, e…”

“Instead of going home, I drove to the library. To hell with human beings. I’d a…”