“On the long drive home, Laurence tuned out his parents explaining to him that life isn’t an adventure, for chrissake, life is a long slog and a series of responsibilities and demands. When Laurence was old enough to do what he liked, he would be old enough to understand he couldn’t do what he liked.”
― All the Birds in the Sky
― All the Birds in the Sky
“People with Books. What, in 2007, could be more incongruous than that? It makes me want to laugh."
[Afterword]”
― Gentlemen of the Road
[Afterword]”
― Gentlemen of the Road
“Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are.”
― The Vampire Lestat
― The Vampire Lestat
“Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.”
― Small Gods
― Small Gods
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