The beginning is rarely the beginning. It’s the middle, or it’s near the end, or it’s on its way to being that way. Death might be the inciting incident, but death doesn’t just happen. There’s a beginning, middle, and end to that, too.

—ELEANOR DASH, WHEN IN ROME(THE VACATION MYSTERIES #1)

One doesn’t recognize the really important moments in one’s life until it’s too late.

—AGATHA CHRISTIE