The Stone Face Quotes

“The further north the bus moved, the more drab became the buildings, the streets and the people. Cheap stores selling clothes, furniture, kitchen utensils: “Easy terms, ten months to pay!” Cafés became dimmer, the streets narrower and noisier, more and more children filled the sidewalks. Men out of work, with nothing to do and no place to go, stood in sullen, futile groups on street corners. Arab music blared from the dark cafés or from the open windows of bleak hotels. Then suddenly, police were everywhere, stalking the streets, eyes moving insolently from face to face, submachine guns strung from their shoulders. It was like Harlem, Simeon thought, except that there were fewer cops in Harlem.”
― William Gardner Smith, The Stone Face

“هل ما زال معها؟ ماذا قال كافكا – "لا يعرف الثعلب أنه مات
بالفعل بينما تنبح كلاب الصيد في مأواها؟”
― William Gardner Smith, الوجه الحجري