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The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, #1)
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“The love of science for its own sake,” said Beatrice. “But also for the promise it holds of raising us above our limited human selves. Surely you see the beauty of such an ambition, even if you cannot approve of how it has been pursued.
“Be brave. You have everything you need,” I murmured to no one in particular. “Everything indeed.” Excelsior!”
― A Sinister Revenge
― A Sinister Revenge
“Even imperfect things can be precious, after all. The choice itself is precious. The smallness and the largeness of an individual life does not change the fundamental honor and value of every manifestation of our personhood.”
― When Women Were Dragons
― When Women Were Dragons
“We waste so much time on elaborations. What did that poet chap say - spending ou lives making more and more money because we're for ever discovering we need too much. It's quite true. New things are invented, so of course we think we need them.”
― Crossed Skis
― Crossed Skis
“As the boy grew, he applied himself to the understanding of science and life, but always the first more readily than the second, for science was the logical aim of his own passionate curiosity, and life was the mystic parabola that eluded his grasp every time he became certain he had solved the equation of its inevitable arc.”
― Hannah's War
― Hannah's War
“A lady had no business going around not murdering people when she had excellent motive, plausible means, and the correct temperament. Elspeth was decisive, physically strong, and by her own admission capable of coaxing along a seedling of a grudge until it flowered.
"How dare she be innocent." I muttered. "It is most inconsiderate.”
― A Sinister Revenge
"How dare she be innocent." I muttered. "It is most inconsiderate.”
― A Sinister Revenge
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