We were getting very good at pauses. This one, while not quite pregnant, had certainly been fooled around with. - T. A. Waters

Both time and reality have always been regarded suspiciously in the Village, and various pharmaceutical concoctions are purveyed to those who wish to circumvent them.

What will people say?
"Who," I asked, "is going to tell them?"

All of this did not take long, because when I argue with myself I always have the uncomfortable knowledge that I’m going to lose; therefore I do it fast to get it over with.