“Young love is common, but that doesn't mean it's not precious.”

“Other men look up and down, left and right; but men like us are different. We are visionaries.”

“Naturally, we lunatics are the kindest of the bunch.”

“Conor, I could search the world for another swashbuckling scientist, but I doubt if I would find one like you.”

“A monkey glances up and sees a banana, and that's as far as he looks. A visionary looks up and sees the moon.”

“Are you an angel or a devil, sir? I need to know. Are you taking me up or down?”

“Stop fighting me!" he said, trying to pull on the arm he held.He was in a precarious position himself, straddling the rail as he tried to lean over far enough to get me and actually hold onto me.Le...”

“All gods who receive homage are cruel. All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped. Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine...”

“Why is it that blood, rather than peace, sells?”

“He drew the dagger and laid it on the table between them; a length of dragonbone and Valyrian steel, as sharp as the difference between right and wrong, between true and false, between life and death.”

“A dagger wants flesh, her father would say. Find it.”

“He sharpened his flaws and disappointments into daggers.”

“There are times when the unseen can be even more dangerous than what our eyes behold.”

“The most dangerous enemy is that which no one fears.”

“Speed is dangerous if your direction is wrong.”