Sadness was so claustrophobic.

“Don't be scared, puppy dog, little frog, little duck, duckie dog. It's just rai…”

“But so fluid a thing was love.It wasn't firm,he was learning, it wasn't a scrip…”

“But then, how could you have any self-respect knowing that you didn't believe i…”

“Now here was Saeed Saeed, and Biju's admiration for the man confounded him. Fat…”