„‚This is out of the question, I tell you. (…) What I feel for you is extraordinary.'“

„(…) no doubt especially because Genji had given up his wanton fancies.“

Kapitel „Spring Shoots I“

Kapitel „The Singers“

„What does an artist do, mostly? She tweaks that which she’s already done.“

„The ravine, we might say, ‚unlocks‘ all of the binary references that are, we now see, seeded within the story.“

„And yet, it was beautiful, what just happened in that pub, and needed. Something lovely in these people rose to the occasion. And overflowing with...

Kapitel „In the Cart“

„Then, as if he’s just heard Marya ruling out their marriage, Hanov rides right out of the story.“