Lists are a form of power.

“I cannot bear not to know the end of a tale. I will read the most trivial thing…”

“Frederica also thought, for she had been there many times, that if this was a b…”

“He was a compact, clearcut man, with precise features, a lot of very soft black…”

“He muttered to himself. Why bother. Why does this matter so much. What differen…”