"Ogata Shingo, his brow slightly furrowed, his lips slightly parted, wore an air of thought." The Sound of the Mountain, pg. 3

"He had had two dreams toward dawn this morning and the dead had figured in both." The Wings of the Locust, pg. 27

"He felt ashamed for himself, and he felt a revulsion, as if the true nature of Shuichi's woman and of Eiko herself were about to emerge." A Blaze of Clouds, pg. 51

"Holding his breath, he came so close as almost to touch his nose to that of the mask, and the blackish pupils came floating up at him, and the flesh of the lower lip swelled. He was on the point of kissing it." A Dream of Islands, pg. 88

"There was astonishing ignorance in the fact, and Shingo felt in it too was a frightening paralysis of the soul." The Cherry in the Winter, pg...