Quote by Hala Alyan

“she swung like a pendulum, ticking away the seconds until she would be dead.”

— Bernice L. McFadden

“At what whirling moment had she halted and turned, unbeknownst to herself, the other way?”

— Colum McCann

Thirty, thirty-five, forty, all had come to visit her like admonitory relatives, and all had slipped away without a trace, without a sound, and…

— Evan S. Connell

“At last, the world stops spinning. The ground is solid beneath her feet once more.”

— Wendy Corsi Staub

“Three-thirty now, and she finally started to feel the slight tug at her eyelids that presaged some REM time. She covered up the table,…

— J.T. Ellison

“I don't know what it's like to be thirty-two, but I can imagine. I imagine that she means she's stuck in an in-between time,…

— Lauren Graham

“...and for a second I feel an overwhelming sense of joy, and I think she's done it, she's flying, and time seems to stop…

— Lauren Oliver

“...all she wanted was a button she could push to pause her age, just for a little while, a few years, while she got…

— Emma Straub

“She blinks long. Long. Like a prayer-blink. ”

— Jessica Martinez

“She inhales slow and long. The tremors have stopped. She is still and solid and ready, a thing carved for a purpose.”

— Gin Phillips

“She imagined she could pull Time like taffy, stretching it longer and longer between her hands until the finest point had been reached, the…

— Sarah Blake

“The world stopped spinning. The wind paused in a spell of meditation. My heart sped past the sound barrier. The moment was so perfect…

— Lindsey Lanza