| Quotes | Themes |
| “…then came the chuh-chuh-chuh – then there was a flash, as when a blast-furnace door is swung open, & a roar that started white & went red & on & on in the rushing wind.'? | |
| “When I saw her I was in love with her. Everything turned over inside of me….she sat on the side of the bed & leaned over a kissed me. I pulled her down & kissed her & felt her? | |
| “I had the paper but I did not read it because I did not want to read about the war. I was going to forget the war. I had made a separate peace. I felt damned lonely…”? | |
| 'I would lie sometimes & watch her twisting it up in the light that came in the open door & it shone even in the night as water shines sometimes just before it is really daylight'? | |
| “In the bed of the river there were pebbles and boulders, dry and white in the sun, and the water was clear and swiftly moving and blue in the channels…'? | |
| “Because we would not wear any clothes because it was so hot & the window open & the swallows flying over the roofs of the houses & when it was dark afterward…”? | |