“We like the shadows. That's where all the power is.”

“And I find perfect beauty excessively boring, don't you?”

“Trust is a lot to ask of someone.”

“For you, it's gossip. For me, it's action.”

“I suspect it may be like the difference between a drinker and an alcoholic; the one merely reads books, the other needs books to make it through the”

“What if all those strange and unexplainable bends in history were the result of supernatural interference? At which point I asked myself, what's the weirdest most eccentric historical phenomenon of...”

“How ghastly for her, people actually thinking, with their brains, and right next door. Oh, the travesty of it all.”

“There was a pleasantness to the air and a spirit about the town that did not come from its color, but from some inner, tasty citrus quality. It made Alexia wonder fancifully if cities could have so...”

“Just because history says it isn't possible doesn't mean that there aren't exceptions.”

“I knew that sunny citrus helped put things in focus, sharpened the memory, just like a squeeze of lemon juice could sharpen and clarify the taste of sweet fruit. I was also well aware that too much...”

“Which one of them would make you the most sad if you had to live your life without him?”