The people her own age had not ever recovered from the war. The older people are still in the pain of history. (p64) People of the Whale (2008)
Oblivion, she thought. That was the world she lived in. It was what they should name some countries, towns, and places. (p53) People of the Whale (2008)
Lies couldn't call out the way truth does. They feared discovery. They were constantly confused and had soft edges that overlapped. (p45) People of the Whale (2008)
It is a still day, everything silent. Even the wind isn't blowing. There is just a breeze of something living, like the breath of the universe. (p281) People of the Whale (2008)