“How fragile we are under the sheltering sky. Behind the sheltering sky is a vast dark universe, and we're just so small.”Paul Bowles book The Sheltering SkySource: The Sheltering Sky
“There is a way to master silenceControl its curves, inhabit its dark cornersAnd listen to the hiss of time outside”Paul Bowles
“A black star appears, a point of darkness in the night sky's clarity. Point of darkness and gateway to repose. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.”Paul Bowles book The Sheltering SkySource: The Sheltering Sky (1949), p. 210