“Far, far away something made a single ghostly howl, like a banshee in the dark.”
“In that etymological light nostalgia seems something like the pain of ignorance, of not knowing. You are far away, and I don’t know what has become of you. My country is far away, and I don’t know what is happening there.”
“The edge of a colossal jungle, so dark-green as to be almost black, fringed with white surf, ran straight, like a ruled line, far, far, away along blue sea whose glitter was blurred by a creeping mist.”
“I sleep with the lights on now. Not because I’m afraid of the dark, but because I like to keep the night as far away as I can.”
“I've made it this far without crying a single tear and I'd sure hate to break down here.”
“Far as I'm concerned, they're all still here, like a lot of dear little ghosts.”