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"Like all theatres, they did everything to communicate to pedestrians that they were buildings of huge cultural importance. They had columns, and steps, and big curved roofs to aid the echoing of important words."

“The pavilion outside the train station is filled with statues of great men and good daughters.”

“All salesmen wear suspenders”

Funny to hear Natasha Hodgson read this line given the standard uniform over at Operation Mincemeat

"There are certain phrases, she realized, that function like spells. They change the energy in the room."

Oof a 9/11 reference is jarring in this fantasy world

“It’s a huge deal for a train line to suddenly not be working.”

(Tell me you don’t live in NYC without telling me you don’t live in NYC. 😆)

“No matter where you are, regardless of the world, you can feel out a market day like good music.”

"not vampires... nothing nearly so glamorous. Just a bunch of rapidly ageing young men with hard lifestyles and a preference for longer days."

“She looked like an accountant on a pirate ship.” 😆

"As the water gets cold, the hope does, too." (oof, what a line)

also

"Where there should be technology, there was instead heavy utility."