This day is going to be awful. It's the sort of day you wouldn't mind losing completely, even if it meant your life would be twenty-four hours shorter.

“We can offer women what they want most of all, cures for the most common ailmen…”

“...even though she felt a wave of dread. If they knew she was nervous, she'd be…”

“She can feel his blood, just beneath his skin; when he breathes, the air fills …”

“Amazing where your life can deposit you before you know it. One, two, three, an…”