“They say death is a moment. (…) A second is a moment. But not MY ‘moment’. A period in MY time is more than a second, it’s a second times X, where X is greater than 1. (…) The result is the same. Life! The choice is always Life!”

“How do you hide from the monsters that surround you? From the living nightmare you have no control of? The answer is unknown, but of one thing I’m sure: we all want the same. Happiness.”

“Time is irreversible. I’ve heard that so many times and still I find a flaw in that statement. As for now, It’s marking the rate of my outrageous heartbeat as I know she inconveniently overanalyzed the split nanosecond of a 4-second part, scene, act…pick your choice.”

“She exits the car and walks…as a guided missile; her heels making steady sounds on contact with the dark surface as we all watched the scene unfold in silence…”

“I scan the vast span before me one last time, as I force myself to focus on what I’m about to do… This is what I was born for. It sets me free. It calms me down and unleashes a daredevil, from deep within me…a ‘click’ prior to two loud ‘bang’s is all I hear before everything goes black!”

“With 200 feet remaining, I bring my steep landing approach to a halt, leveling the canopy as I now glide parallel to the ground. Dammit! I’m going too fast, and my thoughts catch up just as quickly. Landing on the corn field to my left is my best bet. Something tells me this is going to hurt…”