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He must have been rebuffed and denigrated all his life, to be so afraid of touching another human being.
Fireflood and Other Stories (1979)
You’d have everyone substitute your fantasies for their own.
Fireflood and Other Stories (1979)
We spend most of our time carrying trivial cargoes for trivial reasons to trivial people.
Fireflood and Other Stories (1979)
She had learned to doubt, rather than simply to question.
Fireflood and Other Stories (1979)
She, too, felt the need for fresh air and rain and the ocean’s silent words.
Fireflood and Other Stories (1979)
Jason was an optimist, and Kylis was experienced.
Fireflood and Other Stories (1979)
He moved inside the temple to perform his duties. They were few, and empty tradition. The god had departed, long before its last, ridiculed worshippers, as gods always do. The keeper knew that, and allowed himself no illusions about his status.
Fireflood and Other Stories (1979)