"The outside beckoned. Her need to submerge herself in Mother Nature's earthly embrace was poignant and urgent."

"Somewhere above the endless sparkling blue of the sea floated a regal osprey.  It had been a long exhausting day of hunting and he had nothing to show for it."

"I’m going to go back in time. That’s my plan. That’s how I’ll fix everything.  I’m going to go back and do it over again."

"He puts a photo on top of the pile. Crystal clear, no blur, no distance, no fuzzy ducking out from behind something. A bluish grey skin with large bug like black eyes, thin slit of a mouth, tiny nose, perfectly smooth giant head. I recognize this alien."

"Once all the major kinks had been worked out, machine-kind found that it had made itself obsolete."

"I’ll be there in an hour. I’ve got to find my pants and call the President. Don’t tell anyone else about this.”

"One points out the irony of a news team staying behind while he departs, waving a peace sign over his head as he walks away. I laugh. Thunder cracks in the distance."

"I once had a friend who had a fish-bowl for a brain. So needless to say, he had a rather large head."

"For now, the sun continues to shine. If it stops any time soon I guess you'll have a few hours, at most, to blame me."

"Her plans for Christmas didn’t include family dinners, or celebrations of any kind. She could not afford to waste her time. "