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1 " Sailor was sure the answers to each of those questions mattered to the man whose life she was contemplating, but to her they were irrelevant. The importance was in the formulation of them, the pondering, the comfortable place they provided on which her mind could rest for a few peaceful seconds. "
― Alison Fox , The Beginning : Book One of the Lucky Ones Series
2 " Normal life continued on, heedless of the occasion. "
3 " Sorry. Ignore the bitterness. I allow myself a few seconds of it once in a while, but I've definitely exceeded my monthly quota in the past hour alone. "
4 " She, too, had to construct a haphazard wall around the softest of her emotions before she could utter her next question with no tremor in her voice. "
5 " Nostalgia had once been a pleasant emotion, an ember of years-old happiness briefly reignited. "
6 " In Sailor's experience, no funeral was ever complete without an odd occurrence of some kind. She had wondered, in times past, why that was. Was the long-observed pattern simply a coincidence? Was it some sort of test that the already grieving attendees were forced to struggle through? Was it merely a reminder that no part of life, even its end, would ever go exactly according to plan? "
7 " The fact that you are here means that something you are particularly good at is something the Lucky Ones organization needs. That's all. One's invitation here is not an honor. It is a request for your help. And you answering that request with a yes means accepting a responsibility. "
8 " Everything was beautiful in a poignant, uncomfortable way... "
9 " Young people waste so much time on questions they already know the answers to. "
10 " She ran faster, breathed deeper, pumped her arms harder, kicked her legs higher--anything to shake herself loose from the confines of the fear. "
