“And in that vast emptiness, two heads bobbed above the surface without a sound, just one hundred feet from them.”
― The Devil's Trinity
― The Devil's Trinity
“People even travelled to Lapland, up there in the North, with its eternal ice and savages who gorged themselves on raw fish.”
― Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
― Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
“For two young women, bound together by blood and circumstance, but divided by religion, politics, and social class, the consequences were much more personal.”
― Storm Surge: Book Two of the Stormsong Trilogy
― Storm Surge: Book Two of the Stormsong Trilogy
“Not-knowing is always more thrilling than knowing. Not-knowing is where hope and art and possibility and invention come from. It is not-knowing, that old, old thing, that allows everything to be renewed.”
― Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
― Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
“We had old architects and were working with what we had on hand. You’ve hired this new, young architect now, and, Pericles, I’m going to build you a statue of Athena—all gold and ivory, think of that, Pericles—and taller than our city walls.” Pericles raised his eyes toward the birds.”
― Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
― Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
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