"But these were political times, and it was very important to think before you spoke. Nokko Stoianev spoke without thinking, and so he died."
Chap. 1, p. 1

"She kept her eyes on the pavement in front of her, but then, just for a bare instant, she glanced at him, then looked down again, and he realized that she knew who they were. She knew what they were, what he was, and she was afraid of him."
Chap. 1, p. 87

"'This Bulgarian dolt has been with us two years and more, yet he has seen nothing, heard nothing, learned nothing. He still thinks - this trusting child - there must be reasons!'"
Chap. 2, p. 135

"'We chained the officers to their steamer trunks full of uniforms and threw them into the sea. They too pleaded. A great deal of pleading in 1917, one grew bored with it.'"
Chap. 2, p. 145

"Time and...