“The distance between an honest Christian mystic and a fortune-teller is sometimes less than half a whisper. Less than a pot of tea or the space between two book covers.”

“Jackson," he mused. "Not a name either one of you was born to."Lizzie answered, "No. But beyond a certain point, names become accessories. We swap them out as needed, for the sake of peace. You und...”

“As for the prayers, I suppose they cant hurt. Ive never found much good in them, Ill confess that here, though I keep such thoughts private when in public company. Who would confide in a physician ...”

“She collected herself, and rose from the floor. Until you have a better grasp on what were dealing with here, Id appreciate your immediate proximity.I did as she asked. She was the expert, after al...”

“I met his eyes because I could not refuse them... they were the color of a storm clashing with a setting sun.”

“Every affair is a fairy tale or a tragedy.”

“If in any quest for magic, in any search for sorcery, witchery, legerdemain, first check the human spirit.”

“It may be laid down as a general rule that if a man begins to sing, no one will take any notice of his song except his fellow human beings. This is true even if his song is surpassingly beautiful. ...”

“Magic or nature, they were much the same thing to Magnus.”

“I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettie...”

“To know the history of science is to recognize the mortality of any claim to universal truth. ”

“The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity, imposes them upon himself and upon other scientists.”