…one of the coasts of a country that was a lifeboat, and that lifeboat was under siege by people who wanted to be taken on board. She thought to the southern shores of Italy and the boats that came up...
Over the lives borne from under the shadow of death there seems to fall the shadow of madness.
(n.) A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people.
Good literature is a lifeboat! Every time you feel you are sinking, jump on it!