It was a train wreck happening right in front of me and I couldn't do anything about it, except that not only was I watching, I was also the train.
Lisa Kleypas (2008). “Blue-Eyed Devil: A Novel”, p.244, Macmillan

It was a train wreck happening right in front of me and I couldn't do anything about it, except that not only was I watching, I was also the train.