“Ah, Robert?Shhhh, not while Im praying, he said, momentarily losing his place before he started again, thank you for letting us survive that trip from hell. Thank you for ignoring my prayers for a ...”

“Ah, Robert?”“Shhhh, not while I’m praying,” he said, momentarily losing his place before he started again, “thank you for letting us survive that trip from hell. Thank you for ignoring my prayers f...”

“He had slept next to her for thirty-six years, and the mattress felt different without her weight, however slight, and without the rhythm of her breath the dark had no measure. There were times he ...”

“Becausetruth?on the scale of significance, that stuff doesnt even register. What has me pushed past the boiling point...what has me really, really upset is learning the woman I thought was so incre...”

“Are you still mad at me?""Yes.""I'll go back to sleep, then.""Good.”

“He shook his head in wonder. "You are magnificent.""I keep telling everyone that," she said with a nonchalant shrug, "But you seem to be the only one to believe me.”

“For a long moment the butler sat in silence, his jaw hanging open. I . . . my lord, I simply don't feel qualified to advise you about such matters.Don't tell me that, Saint protested. Tell me wheth...”

“He was still thoughtful. 'Do you think any of us ever really knows anyone?' 'Philosophy, Lord Dryden? And yet it's daylight and everyone is still sober.”