She married him two years ago for love, or so she thought, and he's a good enough man but a devotee of household silence. His idea of marriage is to spray WD-40 on anything that squeaks. ... The quiet only subsides when Harland sleeps and his tonsils make up for lost time.

“Take your place, then. Look at what happened from every side and consider all t…”

“The clock gulps softly, eating second whole while she waits...”

“He was my father. I own half his genes, and all of his history. Believe this: t…”

“The way I see it, a person isn't nothing more than a scarecrow... The only diff…”