They couldn't keep Death out, but while she was in she had to act like a lady.

There was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to.

But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.

He was sick with lust and mesmerized with regret

Let someone else get killed!

He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt.

History was a trash bag of random coincidences torn open in a wind. Surely, Watt with his steam engine, Faraday with his electric motor, and Edison with his incandescent light bulb did not have it as their goal to contribute to a fuel shortage some day that would place their countries at the mercy of Arab oil.