I would pause momentarily, just so that he knew I wasn't a pushover, and then passionately agree.
I would pause excitedly whenever I encountered a splattering of white droppings on the trail, only to gaze longingly up at an unattended nest.
There would be a few jagged cubes of feta in the salad, each one an event I would pause and savor for half a minute.
When I jogged on the east side of the island, which overlooked industrial Queens, I would pause to listen to the only sound — water splashing against the sea walls.
I would reach a crucial point in my tale -- "He was in the outlaws' cave bathing himself in gold coins, when he heard a loud noise behind him" -- and then I would pause.
After walking down the spiral staircase, my mother and I would pause before the little window facing the door, through which the caretaker could see everyone coming and going.
The tempura ($6.50) and shumai ($4.50) are nothing special, but I would pause on a cold night for a bowl of the house-made tofu ($3.50), served warm with ginger and soy.
Now and then I would pause the movie and switch to the map to see where we were.
Sometimes I would pause and look around my mind and just notice, nope, no anxious "clouds" of any sort around.
Occasionally, I would pause in my work, entranced by the startling beauty of a tattoo or the enigma of an old scar.
She would call to me and I would pause the game and go and sit with her and tell her that the important thing was that she was well and safe and that she would get better".
