“The darkness that had come in from the Mediterranean covered the city so detested by the procurator...”
“War is no strife To the dark house and the detested wife.”
“It was as if the city itself was preparing for some impending catastrophe. There had always been talks of ghost and darkness here, even in his boyhood, and now that darkness seems to be seeping from the stones and timbers as much as it was descending from heavens.”
“I hate the world. Everything comes into it so clean and goes out so dirty. (from COVER CHARGE - currently not listed)”
“There was light and there was darkness, and where once, so recently, he had sat at his desk bathed in that light, now he was clothed in the black cover of heartbreak.”
“I hope the snow covers everything so all the footsteps are silenced, and the whole city can be at peace. ”