"But why should they build their cities in those sunless chasms?"
"BUT WHY BUILD THEIR CITIES IN THOSE SUNLESS CHASMS?"—Page 214
"My belief is that the moisture evaporated, then the surface of all that country became so unbearably hot—with no atmosphere as protection from the sun's rays—that the inhabitants were driven to the cañons."
"What a life! No wonder they all died!"
"That portion of the universe," said Cyrus, "is the desolation of desolation, the tragedy of tragedies. It is a world of ashes. And over everything an awful silence, a silence that frightens you. The stillness of death, compared to it, is a merry waltz."
"AND OVER EVERYTHING AN AWFUL SILENCE"—Page 214