“Chunks of his life fell away, so that while we were moving ahead in time, he was moving back.”

“The gears of life had moved ahead a notch with a loud ker-chunk, and Junpei knew that they would never turn back again.”

“Now we were both in motion again, moving ahead. So what if there were questions left unanswered. Life went on. We knew that better than anyone.”

“Was life like that? You could look ahead to the future or back to the past, but the present moved too quickly to absorb.”

“We move through time like a man in a rowboat, looking back even as we move forward.”

“Even though Tom wasn't moving, he seemed to be a little farther away. For the first time Benny realized that there were other people in the hallways. They were indistinct, more of a sense of movement in the gray light rather than specific shapes. He thought he recognized one of them, though. "Chong?" The figure stopped moving, but he stood with his back to Benny. "Tom-is that Chong?" "Is that Chong?" Benny asked again. "Is...is he going with you?”