But you know it was interesting, so interesting that you did not see her go, or how she went. You went outside and everyone else was standing there looking up, confused, as the world ground to a halt. Pots fell off stoves and planes fell out of the sky and patients woke up screaming on operating tables. Many things, I regret to say — indeed, a suspicious number of things — went on without a hitch for a brief time. Suddenly things began to seem unfair.

Source: Washington Post March 08, 2017 22:18 UTC