Sometimes the hand that feeds you needs a good bite.
I can't imagine you not saying a word," said Marcus."I think you'd go crazy first.
The last to fall were the buildings, distant and solemn, the gravestones for an entire world.
I'd rather know how you feel than hope and wonder and delude myself for weeks on end.
Even a paranoid clock is being followed twice a day.
I'd made a long list of exceptions to cover the area between "ignoring her completely" and "abducting her at knifepoint.