How we cite our quotes: ("Story Name," Paragraph)
Quote #10
The entire west face of the house was black, save for five places. Here the silhouette in paint of a man mowing a lawn. Here, as in a photograph, a woman bent to pick flowers. Still farther over, their images burned on wood in one titanic instant, a small boy, hands flung into the air; higher up, the image of a thrown ball, and opposite him a girl, hands raised to catch a ball which never came down. ("There Will Come Soft Rains," 11)
The suddenness of the deaths on Earth kind of reminds us here of the suddenness of death on Mars. Two worlds have been shattered, leaving only ghost-like shadows. But here's something to think about: is it sadder for an entire world to be extinct than for a Martian housewife to be unhappy?