“I wish it was that easy,” replied Fern. “It’s like I can see what I loved—still love?—about it, but it’s behind a thick windowpane. I can’t feel it or smell it or taste it, and I don’t know that I’ll ever be on the other side of that glass again.”

— Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree (Legends & Lattes, #2) (41%)