“Time, I can see, is of no matter in this land. But the sky, the sky is one I know. It is blue, and it is marbled gray.”— Erin Loechner, amazon.com
“As Feyisa Lilesa of Ethiopia crossed the finish line in his silver-medal marathon run at the Rio Olympics on Sunday, he raised his arms and crossed them in an X, a gesture of protest against his country’s government that he said could get him killed if he returned home.”— Daniel Victor, nytimes.com