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“That sofa was delectable. It was so big, so soft, so deep, I felt that once I surrendered to it I’d never get up again.” 15

“Maybe all I had been hoping for was a bed in which to be able to stop thinking, just for a little while, about what happened before and what would happen in the future.” 16

“Hair that rustled like silk to her shoulders; the deep sparkle of her long, narrow eyes; well formed lips, a nose with a high, straight bridge—the whole of her gave off a marvelous light that seemed to vibrate with life force.” 11

“She made me want to be with her again. There was a warm light, like her afterimage, slowly glowing in my heart.” 12

“Suddenly, to see that that world was so large, the cosmos so black. The unbounded fascination of it, the unbounded loneliness… For the first time, these days, I was touching it with these hands, these eyes. I’ve been looking at the world half blind, I thought.” 10

“It made me warm to him; my heart welled up to the point of tears.” 11

“In the black gloom before my eyes (as it always is in cases of bewitchment), I saw a straight road leading from me to him. He seemed to glow with white light.” 7

“I walked, sloshing down the shiny wet path that glittered with the colors of the rainbow.” 8

“The fact that time continued to pass in the usual way in this apartment where I grew up, even though now I was here all alone, amazed me.” 4

“The hum of the refrigerator kept me from thinking of my loneliness.” 5

“His smile was so bright as he stood in my doorway that I zoomed in for a closeup on his pupils. I couldn’t take my eyes off him. I think I heard a spirit call my name.” 6