I'm thirty-four." "You don't look thirty-four." "That's because I'm not married." Mae's smile felt as if it were set in concrete. "Marriage tends to age a woman.
Mitch's take on humanity had deteriorated to the point where he assumed someone was lying if her lips were moving.
Of course it hurt you neanderthal! See that? Thats blood. If theres blood, theres pain. Its like smoke and fire.
The first rule in life is 'everybody lies.' Remember that and you'll get a lot further.
Mitch woke up the next morning the way he always did: badly.
If she'd just kept her mouth shut, she would have been perfect, but no...
