It was all just sleight of hand. 

All he wanted was to recapture that feeling he had as a kid when his family finally arrived at the amusement park. 

 From the mountain's peak looking across the valley, she was almost able to forget about the strife below. 

 "The existence of parallel universes is given credence every time I go on Twitter," the scientist told me with a smirk. 

 They sharpened their knives waiting for the word. 

Every day felt like that reoccurring nightmare in which you walk into class and realize you haven't done any of the required homework all year. 

 "Fight with all your might for what you believe," she told me, "as long as you know you're on the right side of history."