“The converse held reassuringly true: daylight was safe. Daylight was always safe.”
“Yeah, it will be great for later when it’s darker too. I don’t think I should ravish you right here in the middle of the park in full daylight.” She actually gulped, and I laughed loudly. “I’m just messing with you, Goody. You’re safe.”
“So he held the words tightly inside, safe from ridicule, safe from harm..”
“It is the same woman, I know, for she is always creeping, and most women do not creep by daylight.”
“We burn daylight.”
“We’re burnin’ daylight.”