“Dustfinger closed his eyes and listened.
He was home again.”

“He does not always remain bent over the
pages; he often leans back and closes
his eyes over a line he has been reading
again, and its meaning spreads through
his blood.”

“Don't let it worry you, not being able to speak,'Dustfinger had often told her. 'People tend not to listen anyway, right?”

“Who has seen with their eyes open can see again, but with the eyes closed.”

“… For a lifetime was but a moment in that place, and each man dreams his own heaven.

And in the darkness David closed his eyes, as all that was lost was found again.”

“Ooh, he's here again,
The man with the child in his eyes.”

“I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one.”

“And the last thought he had that morning as he closed his eyes was: I hope the tornado hit the moose.”

“It got so that when he closed his eyes, letters and words danced in his mind. He thought of little else during that time.”

“There is this too.” His hand was ceaseless now. “I know I have told you of this.”

I closed my eyes. “Tell me again,” I said.”