No one could suspect the intricate mysteries of her heart.

She saw herself moving through another life, an exotic, difficult, satisfying life.

My first job was in a nursing home - a terrible place in retrospect. It was in an old house, and the residents were so lonely. People rarely visited them. I only stayed there a couple of months, but it made a strong impression on me.

I've been accused of trying too hard to rescue people

He had never even glimpsed her.

Her voice, high and clear, moved through the leaves, through the sunlight. It splashed onto the gravel, the grass. He imagined the notes falling into the air like stones into water, rippling the invisible surface of the world. Waves of sound, waves of light: his father had tried to pin everything down, but the world was fluid and could not be contained.

You can't stop time. You can't capture light. You can only turn your face up and let it rain down.