 As they approached each other, Brettigan tried to see the markers of identity, but the man's face had the unfinished quality of someone whose birth had been incomplete and who had never loved anyone who could love him back, and whose face, as a result, had no emotion in it except dismay when he gazed at an inhospitable locale, this particular Earth to which he had been consigned.
The Sun Collective, Charles Baxter  Indeed, there is no absolute right. All that can be said is that each is moving relative to the other. And of course, both are moving very rapidly relative to other planets, stars, and galaxies.
Einstein: His Life and Universe, Walter Isaacson  Besides, you could love people without really knowing them.
The Sun Collective, Charles Baxter  The wolves at the zoo had approached her against their better judgment and with their pale gray eyes they had said that they were endangered, as wolves, and she was endangered also, as human, unless she took some immediate action.
The Sun Collective, Charles Baxter  He'll come back. He always comes back, the dog repeats.
How do you know? Alma wonders. Loyalty and love, the dog says. What else is there? The Sun Collective, Charles Baxter |
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