Time passed at an accelerated pace. They could be sitting in traffic or talking on the phone or waiting in line for a movie, and their time felt precious, important, worthwhile.

“Rivalry glued the girls together in a way that regular contact could not.”

“The sound of his voice was an overwhelming relief, like remembering the name of…”

“Assigning degrees of blame to betrayal is a difficult project, much like decidi…”

“Their looks and personalities were still intact, but some thing had atrophied e…”