" Do you sometimes wish you could fast-forward a week? You know something bad's coming up, and you know you'll get through it, but the prospect just makes you feel sick. I worried for about thirty minutes, and though I knew there was no point in doing so, I could feel my anxiety twisting me up in a knot.

'Bullshit,' I told myself stoutly. 'This is utter bullshit. "

― Charlaine Harris , Dead Ever After (Sookie Stackhouse, #13)