“The mind plays tricks. It rejects things until it thinks or something tells it that the remembering can be handled.”

“And then the earth, the world, the planet, the galaxy, and the entire solar system went crazy.”

“Truth is neither joyful nor sad, neither good nor bad. It is simply truth.”

“There is nothing in a crowded street more noticeable than a man running unless it is a woman.”

“When the old men kill themselves, the cities are dying.”

“A corruption of intentions.”

“Anna thought about the men outside on the gallery. She was glad they were there; finding them smoking and talking quietly had been comforting, it was what men did in the evenings when the work was ...”

“Her arms groped forward to guide her when her tears blocked her vision in darkness. Then she couldn't run any more. She sank to her knees and began to cry in her terror. She wanted Gary.She suddenl...”

“Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast,Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round,And, while the bubbling and loud hissing urnThrows up a steamy column and the cupsThat cheer but not inebr...”

“I was a stranger and ye took me in.”

“A stranger's eyes see clearest.”

“You can just be your selfs stranger, never its friend, because you are mortal and it is immortal!”