We are all hostages of time. We each have the same number of minutes and hours to live within a day, yet to me, it didn't feel equally doled out. My illness brought me such an abundance of time that time was nearly all I had. My friends had so little time that I often wished I could give them what time I could not use. It was perplexing how in losing health I had gained something so coveted but to so little purpose.

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating