He had read books, newspapers and magazines. He knew that if you ran away you sometimes met bad people who did bad things to you; but he had also read fairy tales, so he knew that there were kind people out there, side by side with the monsters.

“We have an obligation to use language. To push ourselves: to find out what word…”

“He was looking at Mr. Nancy, an old black man with a pencil moustache, in his c…”

“I wondered, as I wondered so often when I was that age, when I was, and what ex…”

“He spun around. She was leaning against the doorframe, like an attractive yawn …”