1The rectum was prepared up to the levator ani with total mesorectal excision.
2The thickness of the levator ani muscle was measured.
3This time, though, Ani's safety was one of the rules he bent.
4Ani felt better than she had since she discovered her dual appetites.
5I'm not looking for anyone in particular. Ani came to the stall.
6Ani thought she would choke on it-theloss, the fury, the vengeance.
7Neither sister will rest until one of them possesses or destroys Ani.
8Ani, without meaning to, challenged every limitation he'd lived by for eternity.
9Ani sat on a high-backed chair with one foot tucked under her.
10Niall caught him and lowered him to the ground at Ani's side.
11Ani had been the superintendent of the secret cemetery at Abu Ghraib.
12And yet, not a day passed without our having recited our Modeh-Ani.
13Like others hanging around his shop that day, Ani spanned many worlds.
14As Ani sat silently and ate, Rae enjoyed the semblance of normalcy.
15Other Gabriels had preceded him, and Ani was very much like them.
16Then the rabbi examined us: Did we know our Modeh-Ani by heart?