“You told me once that a soul isn't something a person is born with but something that must be built, by effort and error, study and love. And you did that with more dedication than most, that work of building a soul-not for your own benefit but for the benefit of those that knew you.”
― The Art of Fielding
― The Art of Fielding
“She still had her bad days, no question, when the black dog of depression sniffed her out and settled its crushing weight on her chest and breathed its pungent dog breath in her face. On those days she called in sick to the IT shop where, most days, she untangled tangled networks for a song. On those days she pulled down the shades and ran dark for twelve or twenty-four or seventy-two hours, however long it took for the black dog to go on home to its dark master.”
― The Magician King
― The Magician King
“We have reached the point where ignorance and neglect are the best we can hope for in a ruler.”
― The Magicians
― The Magicians
“Rich children are always blond, Jocelyn goes. It has to do with vitamins.”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
“Over the city lies the sweet, rotting odor of yesterday's unrecollected sins.”
― Wolf Hall
― Wolf Hall
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