"As she walked through the terminal, she looked over the passengers-in-waiting, the technicians, the clerks, and the vagrants, and was taken by the vacancy of it all, the single-mindedness of the entire enterprise,..."

"I am amongst various adults throughout the week, myself not included."

"I'm haunted by scenes I've taught myself not to see."

"Lately, Dodi has taken to calling herself Dodo to certain people in certain situations."