Casy gathered in his canvas sneakers and shoved his bare feet into them. "I ain't got your confidence," he said. "I'm always scared there's wire or glass under the dust. I don't know nothin' I hate so much as a cut toe.

“A kind of light spread out from her. And everything changed color. And the worl…”

“Mack and the boys, too, spinning in their orbits. They are the Virtues, the Gra…”

“[...] Suzy, draguto, trebuie sa-mi promiti ceva. Nu incerca sa te feresti de ce…”

“Then they asked, "What'll we do?" And the men replied, "I don't know." But it w…”