"The curtains are open upon the dark, at night. When he gets up in the morning he closes them. By now they are on fire with the sun. The day pressing to enter. But his back is turned; he is an echo in the chamber of what was once the hotel."
Jump, p. 3

"We were tired, so tired. My first-born brother and the man had to lift our grandfather from stone to stone where we found places to cross the rivers. Our grandmother is strong but her feet were bleeding. We could not carry the basket on our head any longer, we couldn't carry anything except my little brother. We left our things under a bush. As long as our bodies get there, our grandmother said."
The Ultimate Safari, p. 39

"He swam a great deal. far out in the calm bay between wind-surfers crucified against their gaudy sails...