The uncreated and the dead exist solely in our actual and virtual pasts.

“Why tinker with the plain truth that we hurry the darker races to their graves …”

“Shiroyama’s heart stops. The earth’s pulse beats against his ear. An inch away …”

“Times are you say a person's b'liefs ain't true, they think you're sayin' their…”

“Cruelty has never made me smile.”