“Thisis the language of the world before—a world of chaos and confusion and happiness and despair—beforethe blitz turned streets to grids, cities to prisons, and hearts to dust.”

“This is the language of the world before - a world of chaos and confusion and happiness and despair - before the blitz turned streets to grids, cities to prisons, and hearts to dust.”

“Love will turn the whole world into something greater than itself.”

“‎"...love will turn the whole world into something greater than itself.”

“In a world without love, this is what people are to each other: values, benefits, and liabilities, numbers and data. We weigh, we quantify, we measure, and the soul is ground to dust.”

“This is the world we live in,a world of safety and happiness and order, a world withoutlove.A world where children crack their heads on stone fireplaces and nearly gnaw off theirtongues and the parents are concerned. Notheartbroken, frantic, desperate. Concerned, as they are when you fail mathematics, asthey are when they are late to pay their taxes.”

“But it does not tell you this: that love will turn thewhole world into something greater than itself.”