“The deserted town, wet stones gleaming palely, is like a vision from the nineteenth century.”

“She stood for a moment in the doorway of the room, palely regarding her children.”

“A palely muscled man with sad, noble features twists as if electrocuted, his body jolting into a lightning-fast sequence of dislocations.”

“There is a generous progression of aptly chosen photographs, although some of them are pallidly reproduced.”

“A careful historian working on a broad canvass, Harris's hypotheses are cautiously, perhaps somewhat pallidly, framed.”

“His hands gripped pallidly upon the rail, and they were white with more than just the chill brine of the sea.”