"So much of the world is paved now. Even the playgrounds are paved. And for the fields and marshes and deep woods ther…"

"The ledge is five inches wide," he said dreamily. "I've measured it myself. In fact, I've stood on it, holding on to …"

"It was very funny how George Stanner lost his arm in the mangler."

"The room was empty. But the closet door was open. Just a crack. "So nice," the voice from the closet said. "So nice."…"

"I've been thinking about that foggy night when I had a headache and walked for air and passed all the lovely shadows …"

"What I propose is this: that you walk around my building on the ledge that juts out just below the penthouse level. I…"

"Where I am, it's still dark and raining. We've got a fine night for it. There's something I want to show you, somethi…"

"There were eyes peering up at me through splits in the flesh of my fingers. And even as I watched the flesh was dilat…"

"I didn't like that machine. It seemed...almost to be mocking us."

"The building sloped away like a smooth chalk cliff to the street far below. The cars parked there looked like those m…"