Chevillard had a thought, or rather a thought occurred to her: that the car-rental business was innocent of nothing.

Chevillard had a thought, or rather a thought occurred to her: the incongruities of her earlier life were not a barrier to happiness, per se.

Chevillard had a thought, or rather a thought occurred to her: if someone were to save her life, the full weight of her sins would crush her, and she despised this religiosity.

Chevillard had a thought, or rather a thought occurred to her: reckoning was but one course that entropy might take. 

Chevillard had a thought, or rather a thought occurred to her: to dip a toe in the threatening maw was tantamount to losing a limb but gaining an extremity.

Chevillard had a thought, or rather a thought occurred to her: the foibles of lesser religions were made up for by the care taken in rendering and preparing the fat of small mammals.

Chevillard had a thought, or rather a thought occurred to her: how strange, if skin could retract from pain. But how useful.