“But in the end she merely shrugged, knowing at the very least it would be interesting. Knowing, in her gut, it might just be the beginning.”
“It might seem strange to start a story with an ending. But all endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time.”
“But now, here she was, very wishful to pray, while not knowing how to explain her dilemma: ‘I’m terribly unhappy, dear, unprobable God—’ would not be a very propitious beginning.”
“She felt some measure of relief knowing that in the very least, on the open road she would have some time to think.”
“My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would choose to believe.”
“And if her heart was breaking with every step she took, at least he would never know.”