Paper

-"An addict after his opiate"
-"And he went on hopinh against hope"

The martyrdom of Helena Rodrigues

-"An adhesive ensnaring quality"
-"Constituition had hitherto been sound"

Sundowner

-"A rush of cold water would streamline his thoughts"
-"Day was breaking in another part of the Empire -an Empire on which the sun never set"

Tanjong rhu

-"Muffled roar of rush-hour traffic droned on"
-"Few stray of flakes of ash from the incense urn into the air"

Evening under Frangipani

-"I don't agree...marriage has got nothing to do with the fulfilment of a woman as woman"
-"Thundering torrent of desire bursting through his arteries"

Lee

-"Flicking an infinitesimal speck of dust"
-"I suppose that's a bit of Cliche"

A history of tea

-"That habit lingered long.."
-"Sometimes the sun shines strong enough.."

A dream of china

-"Fate holds a grudge against him"
-"Stirred up dormant feelings in this pathetic wreck of a man"

Release

-"The moonlight glanced off her cheek"
-"Blinded by the scream that filled her mind"

An orbituary for Fifth aunt come late

-"No one had run hands over the once-different terrain of her body"
-"We don't have a photograph of her"

Corridor

-"Bougainvillaea petals would litter the tarred footpaths"
-"Warm amber lights.."

Mid-autumn

-"The wind cannot extinguish theredglow that flickers in the darkness"
-"It felt like her tears raining on me"

Hamid and the hand of fate

-"Fractured conversations about everything"
-"Notion of of ambition and ability was confined to dressing stylishly.."

The move

-"And they began trundling northward up the island to a new life"
-"Sadness was finding her drowned pregnant form by moonlight"

Pastime

-"Even simple things nowadays are so difficult"
-"I turned again to the scene beyond the window glass"