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“Hours passed—or maybe days. It didn’t matter. The body adapted. But the mind—
The mind needed purpose.
      ”
― D.L. Maddox, The Dog Walker: The Prequel

“Every day that passed, the young woman thought more and understood less”
― Sergio Cobo, A Story of Yesterday

“[Uh-oh, it's bath time for Calvin.]

MOM, who sits in the living room, has turned toward the door. Very likely she is screaming the following words at the top of her lungs:

CALVIN! Quiet down
and quit that splashing!
I don't want to have to
clean the whole bathroom!

CALVIN:
Ha! I pulled the plug!
Down the drain with you!
DIE, FIEND!
DIE, DIE!!

MOM [By now she's sitting in a normal position on her armchair, trying to read a book, when she has apparently just heard an unexpected noise]:

Don't tell me he's letting
the water out already.

CALVIN, now standing right in back of his mother. He's naked, scowling full force, and dripping:

Believe it, lady.”
― Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes

“  Mary fought a savage impulse to slam the door on the couple. But they were too interesting to ignore in the circumstances of the murder. She caught sight of Richard spitting out a mouthful of hair.”
― Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds