I thought of how people are like planets—lonely little forts of mind with immense black distance barring them off from each other. Night's Black Agents (1947)
That’s what everybody’s been looking for since the Year One—something a little more than sex. Night's Black Agents (1947)
There are vampires and vampires, and the ones that suck blood aren’t the worst. Night's Black Agents (1947)
He had the illusion, he said, of getting perilously close to the innermost secrets of the universe and finding they were rotten and evil and sardonic. Night's Black Agents (1947)
I’ll have to learn to snowshoe. I had my first lesson this morning and cut a ludicrous figure. I’ll be virtually a prisoner until I learn my way around. But any price is worth paying to get away from the thought-destroying din and soul-killing routine of the city! Night's Black Agents (1947)