“Countless on-ramps spew impatience onto an already congested interstate.”

“My life now fits inside a carry-on. Pretty depressing, huh?""Our lives are much more than just the baggage, love.”

“The world below is on fire. Through gaps in the smoke, he sees that where Seattle should be, there is only chaos. The wreckage of buildings litter a landscape ablaze.”

“Jean tries to pull strength from his navy eyes. She stares deep into his surging sea, wanting nothing more than to be here with this man at the end of everything.”

“Blinding light and smoke enter the cabin as the plane begins spinning savagely along the asphalt. The hellish carousel twists through shadows of fire—death and reality both becoming blurred.”

“This luxury of mind began with a RECORD.”

“Education is the process of turning cocksure ignorance into thoughtful uncertainty.”