She never inquired, but she never recoiled, either. This is a quality that I look for in a person, not recoiling.

That is my problem with life, I rush through it, like I'm being chased. Even things whose whole point is slowness, like drinking relaxing tea. When I drink relaxing tea I suck it down as if I'm in a contest for who can drink relaxing tea the quickest.

She never inquired, but she never recoiled, either. This is a quality that I look for in a person, not recoiling.

Inelegantly, and without my consent, time passed.

People tend to stick to their own size group because it's easier on the neck. Unless they are romantically involved, in which case the size difference is sexy. It means: I am willing to go the distance for you.

A more normal, mature way to think about it [my work] would be, Oh, I work on multiple projects at once and they overlap, but the actual psychology of it is a lot more self-abusing.

It would require constant vigilance to not replace each person with my own fictional version of them.