“ Still, he was angry--that particular anger of humans defied by the persistence of nature. Cutter Nick
“ Forget the buildings and the monuments. Let the softness of dark come in, all those light-years between stars and planets. Cities were the works of men but the earth before and after those cities, out… Lydia Millet
“ It was a small church. No large cathedral towers overshadowed the purpose of the house of worship. It was a monument to faith rather than a monument to man’s triumph over nature. Richard W. Kelly
