Now that he was navigating, his celestial mood was shattered. Wild, animal thirst for life, mixed with homesick longing for the free airs and the sights and smells of earth-for grass and meat and beer and tea and the human voice-awoke in him.

“The whole story, paradoxically enough, strengthens our relish for real life. Th…”

“In other words, The­ol­ogy is prac­ti­cal: espe­cially now. In the old days, wh…”

“Fancy sleeping on air. I wonder if anyone's done it before. I don't suppose the…”

“Few men looked on her without becoming, in a certain fashion, her lovers. But i…”