Severian Quotes

“I felt that pressure of time that is perhaps the surest indication we have left childhood behind.”
― Gene Wolfe, The Shadow of the Torturer

“The hope in her voice now made me think of a flower growing in shadow.”
― Gene Wolfe, Shadow & Claw

“Here I pause. If you wish to walk no farther with me, reader, I do not blame you. It is no easy road.”
― Gene Wolfe