"Life was more fully present there and perhaps, on account of that, death would retreat."

"How could he save the life of a man who’d murdered his in laws and then attempted to murder him?"

"And never in Solo’s life did he want to heal anyone as strongly as he wanted to heal the man lying in front of him."

"Catharsis, sating of the primordial love for bloodletting."

"Solo stands on trial for the murder of his wife."

"Manslaughter rather than murder, jail sentence rather than death."

"Time will never come when the word [Last Next] would be yelled out announcing his own arrived death."

"In the beginning her eyes were eyes and she could see clearly. And then they turned into two massive loaves of bread …"

"But neither sages nor pastors offered satisfying counsel."

"I had been in the city for many years. And i didn't like city girls. They are too arrogant. And they were spoilt. I j…"