“Felt my heartbeat falter, hesitate, then stumble awkwardly forward, tripping on the next beat, then the next, faster and faster until each one tumbled into the other like the drumroll of dominoes crashing together. Funny how time stands still when death is imminent.”
“Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.”
“Sometimes I like taking lots of steps at a time.""That's how you trip."..."But you get where you're going faster.""Not if you trip.”
“That's how I spent the next day and night - dividing my time between my girls. I felt like the go between until the three of us could be together. It was as if I were carrying a piece of one to the other, making them whole, as if we were part of the same soul.”
“You don’t have to run faster than the bear to get away. You just have to run faster than the guy next to you.”
“A man faced death, but when death drew back forgot it until the next time.”