“Her past is behind her, her future is of little concern. She moves towards the grave, at her own speed.”
“A pioneer is not someone who makes her own soap. She is one who takes up her burdens and walks toward the future.”
“She leaned toward me, offering her neck, and I kissed her just behind her ear.”
“I just want to show her that her life is worth living, that she can't let her past dictate her future.”
“He was jealous of her future, and she of his past.”
“It had not been a long journey, but the memory of it filled her like an infection. She had felt tethered by time to the city behind her, so that the minutes stretched out taut as she moved away, and slowed the farther she got, dragging out her little voyage.”