“...as if the world had become a giant train station in which everything was delayed until further notice.”
“..."the waiting-room atmosphere in which death was the delayed train...”
“Training records become a barometer of accomplishment and a roadmap for further progress.”
“If they were shocked, then Gregor had no further responsibility and could be calm. But if they took everything calmly, he he, too, had no reason to get excited and could, if he hurried, actually be at the station by eight o'clock.”
“A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station….”
“Like a long train which stops at every dingy little station, the winter dragged slowly past.”