Mine was the unbearable jealousy a cultured pearl must feel toward a genuine one. Or can there be such a thing in this world as a man who is jealous of the woman who loves him, precisely because of her love?

“They had laid the tender, down-ruffled little bird on a platter and appeared no…”

“Possibly a man who hates the land should dwell on shore forever. Alienation and…”

“Dreams, memories, the sacred--they are all alike in that they are beyond our gr…”

“I do not mean to say that I viewed those desires of mine that deviated from acc…”