Sobering to think how one accursed night of baccarat can alter a man's social standing so irreversibly.

“One fine day a predatory world shall consume itself.”

“Я верю, что нас ожидает другой мир, Сиксмит, лучший, чем этот, и мы там встрети…”

“He lights another match to see if it's a time worth getting up for: 4:05. No. A…”

“The silences after his last gasp were sung together by a blackbird. I lay there…”