“No," I said. And maybe it was only because Alaska couldn't hit the brakes and I couldn't hit the accelerator.”
“I had this feeling that he and I , in this moment, were a car crash, and instead of putting on the brakes, I was hitting the accelerator.”
“You hit me the instant I saw you." he said, gruffly. "I couldn't look away. I wanted you immediately. Excessively. Almost violently.”
“I couldn't be sure, and I certainly wasn't going to admit it to anyone, but I suspect I was the cause of the blizzard that hit us that night.”
“I ran across an old friend of mine yesterday, and I didn’t even attempt to hit the brakes.”
“I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.”