But what after all is one night? A short space, especially when the darkness dims so soon, and so soon a bird sings, a cock crows, or a faint green quickens, like a turning leaf, in the hollow of the wave.

“Here am I shedding one of my life-skins and all they will say is, 'Bernard is s…”

“Now I will walk, as if I had an end in view, across the room, to the balcony un…”

“I have sought happiness through many ages and not found it.”

“So the being grows rings; identity becomes robust. What was fiery and furtive l…”