Made Things Quotes

“Run? But she had a living here, pieced together under the noses of the Convocation, built from nothing and held up by a scaffolding of contacts”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Made Things

“Jointmaker’s protuberant eyes goggled at her. “Just bring your hands, girl, and hope you still have the same number of fingers when you leave.” He laughed unpleasantly—but then, he did everything unpleasantly—and slouched out of the house.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Made Things

“sympathy was like water: you couldn’t push it uphill very easily.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Made Things

“It should have looked absurd, but somehow it lent his self-important pomp a perilous grandeur.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Made Things