My identity is without root.

“Look," she told me. "A good kreda is very hard to find. I invested a lot of tim…”

“Civilized man longs for the illusion of barbarism. Either his culture fulfills …”

“It struck Hsing suddenly that Masada didn't even understand the nature of his o…”

“What is a child?" he asks her.The diamond gaze does not flinch. "Creatures that…”