Billy was guided by dread and the lack of dread. Dread told him when to stop. Lack of it told him when to move again.

“Vera had not sensed my approach. She was peering into the instrument and turnin…”

“Thank God for novelists. Thank God there are people willing to write everything…”

“Do I resent rich people? No. The best or worst I can do is notice them. I agree…”

“The wreckers against the builders!” said Elmer. “There’s the whole story of lif…”