"Once more, the silence seemed to them so profound, so ominous, that they felt as though they could inhale it together…"

"Quietly, like a shadow, I watch this drama unfold scene by scene. I am the lucid one here, the dangerous one, and nob…"

"I am like a fruit fallen before ripening, rotting under the tree unnoticed. (p4)"

"The police force has become vigilant. It monitors our every move. Its representative is Commandant Calédu, a ferociou…"

"By what miracle has this poor nation managed to stay so good, so welcoming, so joyful for so long, despite its povert…"

"Unfortunately, I was too practiced in the art of deception, and behind my mask of detachment, I burned in silence lik…"

"She refuses to understand the march of history, its twists and reversals. (p15)"

"My cozy bourgeois upbringing is like a tattoo on my skin. (p18)"

"It did not escape me that for some time now I'd been faking piety. I had lost my faith when I saw the children's bodi…"

"Even though life has denied me everything, I am not inclined to play the adoptive mother. I may kiss Jane's son on hi…"