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[jendeeezy]

"Years before he'd been flying home from an assignment in California when the plane made an emergency landing in a field of onions. Time slowed; he spoke softly to the hysterical grandmother sitting next to him and helped her assume the crash position. Before he'd wondered how he'd behave in the face of death, whether he'd panic or pray. That day he discovered that his deepest instinct was to be pleasant."

- Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh P.307