“That we have some history together that hasn’t happened yet.”

“Then tell them, faintly, 'I heard screaming'. Men with a history of violence live in fear of retribution.”

“[I]t may be that a crowd at a particular moment of history creates the object to justify its gathering.”

“Sure, everything is ending," Jules said, "but not yet.”

“They were snobs or idiots or both...yet she was inexplicably crushed by their coldness.”

“It wore on Stephanie more than she'd expected, dropping off Chris for kindergarten, waving or smiling at some blond mother releasing blond progeny from her SUV or Hummer, and getting back a pinched, quizzical smile whose translation seemed to be: Who are you again? How could they not know, after months of daily mutual sightings? They were snobs or idiots or both, Stephanie told herself, yet she was inexplicably crushed by their coldness.”

“Suddenly I'm scared.That the solar panels were a time machine.That I'm a grown-up woman coming back to this place after many years.That my parents are gone, and our house isn't ours anymore.It's a broken down ruin with no one in it.Living here all together was so sweet.Even when we fought.It felt like it would never end. I'll always miss it.”