“Assad whistled a few notes of one of his native country's melancholic songs. It sounded as though he was whistling backwards”

“Carl Mrck, am I disturbing you? said a voice at the door, which made his blood boil and turn to ice at the same time. His spinal cord sent five commands through his infrastructure: get rid of the e...”

“He'd make her work so hard that a job as a cardboard-box presser at the margerine factory would seem like paradise.”

“Bak stood a moment, as though considering whether the sum total of their shared working life was ending in a minus or a plus.”

“There are two types of seeds in the mind: those that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love, compassion, equanimity and joy. Spirituality is germination and sp...”

“My music teacher offered twittering madrigals and something about how, in Italy, in Italy, the oranges hang on the tree. He treated me - the humiliation of it - as a soprano.These, by contrast, are...”

“If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.”

“Do not allow yourself to be blinded by fear and anger. Everything is only as it is.”

“Never get angry. If you have to get angry, get angry at yourself and not at others.”

“And a beautiful world we live in, when it is possible, and when many other such things are possible, and not only possible, but done-- done, see you!-- under that sky there, every day.”

“So how long do I have beforewhat were their names? Carl and Rosa? Yeah, thats them. How long do I have before they come back?I dont know. Maybe...maybe an hour or so? My hands felt incredibly small...”

“So how long do I have before—what were their names? Carl and Rosa? Yeah, that’s them. How long do I have before they come back?”“I don’t know. Maybe...maybe an hour or so?” My hands felt incredibly...”