It might sound crazy, but it snaps you out of the thought process and makes you aware you're slipping into a bad place.
Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge andlean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, youwill suddenly know everything there is to be known.
" "Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.
The newspaper was slipping off the boy's naked body.