"Only now is the child finally divested of all that he has been. His origins are become remote as is his destiny and n…"

"Solitary, half mad, his eyes redrimmed as if locked in their cages with hot wires"

"A man’s at odds to know his mind cause his mind is aught he has to know it with. He can know his heart, but he …"

"The wrath of God lies sleeping. It was hid a million years before men were and only men have power to wake it. Hell a…"

"[...] words were said that could not be put right again [...] The men were gone, the whores were gone. An old man swe…"

"There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto."

"The survivors lay quietly in that cratered void and watched the whitehot stars go rifling down the dark. Or slept wit…"

"He prayed: Almighty god, if it aint too far out of the way of things in your eternal plan do you reckon we could have…"

"...death seemed the most prevalent feature of the landscape."

"His folk are known for hewers of wood and drawers of water but in truth his father has been a schoolmaster. He lies i…"