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“Strange is that unexpected moment that stays with you, that makes you think about it again. Strange is memorable, and compelling.”
Father always liked fall best. Mother claimed it was his natural melancholy. I don’t agree. One doesn’t have to prefer spring to be a contented soul.
“Of course I’m coming with you. Don’t be daft. My friends do not go to war alone.”
Bless a man who knows how to keep his own counsel when you can’t bear to speak.
They might not be of the Old Testament variety—Pierce, Islington, and Hawkes—but whatever strange confluence of events led to them holding me up was the gentlest hand of fate I’ve ever encountered. It might even be Divine.