It was as if she dwelled within a Chopin Nocturne while he lived out a Motörhead song. 

Bang on the piano drunk until two while the dog joins in and wakes the neighbors you never liked anyway. 

 Affection and affectation were closely linked in Alfred's mind when he thought of his mother, although the first word was more of a lack thereof and the other an overabundance. 

 We're learning history and geography lessons in real-time. 

 Identity doesn't need to be static but can be like clothing one slips off and on as needed. 

Dana dawdled the most when she had a deadline. 

He could still vividly recall being wrong during conversations from twenty years ago.