"You know," said Port, and his voice sounded unreal, as voi… - Paul Bowles

"You know," said Port, and his voice sounded unreal, as voices are likely to do after a long pause in an utterly silent spot, "the sky here's very strange. I often have the sensation when I look at it that it's a solid thing up there, protecting us from what's behind."

Kit shuddered slightly as she said: "From behind?"
"Yes."
"But what is behind?" Her voice was very small.
"Nothing, I suppose. Just darkness. Absolute night."

Paul Bowles

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Paul Bowles (30 December 1910 – 18 November 1999) was a composer, author, and traveler.

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Alternative Names: Paul Frederic Bowles

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the sky here's very strange. I often have the sensation when I look at it that it's a solid thing up there, protecting us from what's behind . . . [from] nothing, I suppose. Just darkness. Absolute night.

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