"Don't spoil the day for me"

"Don't spoil the day for me" - The Train of Their Departure by David Bezmozgis

"Everything naturally flowed toward mediocrity"

"Everything naturally flowed toward mediocrity" - The Train of Their Departure by David Bezmozgis

"Time and again, people rushed by and ignored her"

"Time and again, people rushed by and ignored her" - The Train of Their Departure by David Bezmozgis

"What they did they did with no variation"

"What they did they did with no variation" - The Train of Their Departure by David Bezmozgis

"She had been incapable of acting differently"

"She had been incapable of acting differently" - The Train of Their Departure by David Bezmozgis