"All this talk agitated Nessi. It seemed to her as though they were taking something holy and defiling it. Her train, …"

"Hungry, she'd run to the cemetery and undam a river of tears."

"Esther was indeed a friend, but a friend is not as deeply rooted in one's heart as one's misery, as one's grief."

"They played some sad melody that drifted in through the window keeping people awake half the night. Some sadness woul…"

"Gosi, on the other hand, was always a silent type, taciturn, stubborn. And while nobody blamed her, she didn't want t…"

"Annie is an ignorant girl, who can barely sign her name. But even she can feel the music in her head. ("A Cut")"

"One must be stubborn to achieve one's goals, to be nobody's fool. ("A Cut")"

"His laughter is meant to hide the greed that has begun to glint in his eyes. ("A Fur Salesman")"

"the silence stood like an iron wall, unyielding; it lay upon them like a heap of stones. ("The First Patient")"

"Just in the past two days the cherry trees had become a riot of blossoms. ("In the Village")"