The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on. - Robert Bloch

No trouble at all. Mother’s gone back to bed, and she won’t be doing any cooking — I was only going to set out some cold cuts and make some coffee. If that’s all right with you.” “Well — —

She'd thrown something at the mirror, and then the mirror broke into a thousand pieces and she knew that wasn't all; she was breaking into a thousand pieces, too.

It was really a fascinating book — no wonder he hadn’t noticed how fast the time had passed.