This woman had vulnerable brown eyes and flat pointy shoes that clicked too loudly on the marble floor.

NEWYORKER: Found Objects

Later, she would get on her knees on the emergency-room floor and extract the laces from his shoes.

NEWYORKER: Another Manhattan

And people, my neighbors, are always surprised because I live on the second floor apartment, and there are usually 40 pairs of shoes in front of my gate, and people play cards inside and play chess.

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