"I could have gone through the door"

"I could have gone through the door" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"A silent place where no one would hear my cries of outrage or pleas for freedom"

"A silent place where no one would hear my cries of outrage or pleas for freedom" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"They were waiting for me at the end of the line"

"They were waiting for me at the end of the line" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"I couldn't sleep that night, not a wink"

"I couldn't sleep that night, not a wink" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"I was quiet a moment"

"I was quiet a moment" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"Let me catch my breath"

"Let me catch my breath" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"You can't be serious! Have you gone mad? Leave here?"

"You can't be serious! Have you gone mad? Leave here?" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"Better than working, isn't it?"

"Better than working, isn't it?" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"All my life I'd been the one looking down on the world"

"All my life I'd been the one looking down on the world" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"At first they kept us in cages like zoo animals"

"At first they kept us in cages like zoo animals" - Los Gigantes by T. C. Boyle

"You're kidding"

"You're kidding" - A Death in Kitchawank by T. C. Boyle

"Her face long and grave and bursting with expectation"

"Her face long and grave and bursting with expectation" - A Death in Kitchawank by T. C. Boyle

"Time jumps and jumps again"

"Time jumps and jumps again" - A Death in Kitchawank by T. C. Boyle

"All is well"

"All is well" - A Death in Kitchawank by T. C. Boyle

"Her mind runs free"

"Her mind runs free" - A Death in Kitchawank by T. C. Boyle

"This is the peace at the center of life"

"This is the peace at the center of life" - A Death in Kitchawank by T. C. Boyle

"She's thinking that she should have brought her straw hat with her to the beach"

"She's thinking that she should have brought her straw hat with her to the beach" - A Death in Kitchawank by T. C. Boyle

"Snakes didn't play fetch"

"Snakes didn't play fetch" - Thirteen Hundred Rats by T. C. Boyle

"He spooned up his soup by candlelight"

"He spooned up his soup by candlelight" - Thirteen Hundred Rats by T. C. Boyle

"For a long while, nothing happened"

"For a long while, nothing happened" - Thirteen Hundred Rats by T. C. Boyle