She turned again to them, both arms held out to the radiant night.
Eudora Welty, Delta Wedding.
Then even his luggage belonged to him again, and he strode through the barriers, more high-hearted than he had ever been as a child, into that city which the people from heaven had made their home.
James Baldwin, Another Country.
He judged the instant and let go; he flung himself loose into the stars.
Annie Dillard, The Living.
(Inspiration for this new category: Philip Hensher, via Arts & Letters Daily, via OGIC).
