Island of the World: A Novel

Perhaps young Catholic men were flying those bombers.

They are asleep as the entire village is asleep.

She is happy today.

too heavy for her to carry.”

He doesn’t like it. But he does like it.

These remain always under the teacher’s desk and are unpacked and displayed only for the inspector’s annual visit.

He has flown away into the sky.

The heart is often torn by conflicting loyalties.

We must never permit the smallest seed of untruth to sprout within the heart of the soul.”