C397 It's Not Just Me That Hurts

It made me laugh to think of the past. Some of the jokes that had seemed to me a moment ago were now warm enough in every detail to last a long time.

The world was spinning. What should be there couldn't be avoided. What should be couldn't be obtained no matter how hard he tried.

When she heard footsteps behind her, she thought, 'I haven't been down for a long time