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Halloween: the world's edge seeps and bleeds. This is the time when the tally-keepers of Purgatory, its clerks and gaolers, listen in to the living, who are praying for the dead.
“Magic never dies. It merely fades away.”
― The Color of Magic
― The Color of Magic
“That's one thing Earthlings might learn to do, if they tried hard enough: Ignore the awful times and concentrate on the good ones.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“Sometimes,” said Helmholtz, “I get so lonely and disgusted, I don’t see how I can stand it. I feel like doing all kinds of crazy things, just for the heck of it—things that might even be bad for me.” Jim blew a smoke ring expertly. “And then!” said Helmholtz. He snapped his fingers and honked his horn. “And then, Jim, I remember I’ve got at least one tiny corner of the universe I can make just the way I want it! I can go to it and gloat over it until I’m brand-new and happy again.”
― Welcome to the Monkey House
― Welcome to the Monkey House
“I think you hate me because… I’m someone you can hate. I’m here, I’m handy. But what you really hate is the world.”
― The Broken Earth Trilogy
― The Broken Earth Trilogy
“Doing history means building bridges between the past and the present, observing both banks of the river, taking an active part on both sides.”
― The Reader
― The Reader
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