“Humanness is a window thrown against a wall.”
“A wall of books is a wall of windows.”
“To survive, humans will work together. Accept each other. For a moment, we are all equal. Backs against the wall, human beings are at their finest.”
“A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.”
“I don't remember what they said, only the fury of their words, how the air turned raw and full of welts. Later it would remind me of birds trapped inside a closed room, flinging themselves against the windows and the walls, against each other.”
“He had the effect on her of a window being thrown open and fresh air and sunlight being let in”