First Sign of Murder #12: Smilla's Sense of Snow

" . . . it's the sort of silence that is waiting for something to burst. From where I'm standing, two things happen.

First, Julianne falls to her knees and puts her face to the ground, and the other women leave her alone.

The second event is internal, inside of me, and what bursts through is an insight.

All along I must have had a comprehensive pact with Isaiah not to leave him in the lurch, never, not even now."

--- Smilla's Sense of Snow, Peter Høeg, 1992

See also: List #4: 7 Mysteries from Authors Who Are Still Alive, List #6: A Few Seasonally Inappropriate Options for the Northern Hemisphere, and Rec. #150.