Rob Baker’s Reviews > The Sheltering Sky > Status Update

"And it occurred to him that a walk through the countryside was a sort of epitome of the passage through life itself. One never took the time to savor the details; one said: another day, but always with the hidden knowledge that each day was unique and final, that there never would be a return, another time" 126).

"The idea that at each successive moment he was deeper into the Sahara than he had been the moment before, that he was leaving behind all familiar things, this constant consideration kept him in a state of pleasurable agitation" (102).

"Whenever he was en route from one place to another, he was able to look at his life with a littel more objectivity than usual. It was often on trips that he thought most clearly, and made decisions that he could not reach when he was stationary" (98).

"'...the sky here's very strange. I often have the sensation when I look at it that it's a solid thing up there, protecting us from what's behind.'

'From what's behind?...But what's behind?'

"Nothing, I suppose. Just darkness. Absolute night.'" (94).

Waiting for it to get good...so far its peopled with unlikeable people...I need someone to root for....and something to care about...hopefully that will happen!