The Golden Mean Quotes

“Soon, I'll be alone in a quiet room where, for the rest of my life, I can float farther and farther out into the world; while my student, charging off the end of every map, falls deeper and deeper into the well of himself. 'Never be afraid to enter an argument you can't immediately see yourself out of.' Can anyone tell me what a tragedy is?”
― Annabel Lyon, The Golden Mean

“You who understand what a human mind can be, how can you bear it? I don't have the hundredth part of your mind and there are days when I think I'll go mad. I can feel it. Or hear it. It's more like hearing something creeping along the walls, just behind my head, getting closer and closer. A big insect, maybe a scorpion. A dry skittering, that's what madness sounds like to me.”
― Annabel Lyon, The Golden Mean

“Alexander: "Look at me. I'm short. I fumble when I talk. I blush. I'm afraid of the dark. I black out in the middle of battle and can't remember anything afterwards. They look at me, they say, 'Great warrior, well-spoken, charming, worthy student of the greatest mind in the world. I'm holding on by my fingertips. And so are you. Maybe you've made me into yourself after all. A fine fierce surface and a mess underneath.”
― Annabel Lyon, The Golden Mean