Reality was utterly coolheaded and utterly lonely.

“You don’t get it, do you?" I said. “It’s not a question of ‘what then’. Some pe…”

“إذا لم يترك كل منا الآخر. سوف نظل آمنين سالمين.”

“It's hard to breathe, and I close my eyes. There's a hard lump of air in my che…”

“Where there's an entrance, there's got to be an exit. Most things work that way.”