“What had survived - maybe all that had survived of Trism - was Liir's sense of him. A catalog of impressions that arose from time to time, unbidden and often upsetting. From the sandy smell of his ...”

“Birds know themselves not to be at the center of anything, but at the margins of everything. The end of the map. We only live where someone's horizon sweeps someone else's. We are only noticed on t...”

“O beautiful, to make escapeAnd leave this world behind.Had I to stay another dayI'd lose my fucking mind!”

“It appears history is going to keep happening, despite our hopes for retirement.”

“Of course. You get everything from books.”

“Dont let me get sappy on you, but when you get right down to it, every collection of letters is a magic spell, even if its a moronic proclamation by the Emperor. Words have their impact, girl. Mind...”

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”