The Escapement Quotes

“Do you ever think back to a time when you were truly happy? For just one moment, the world is stilled, and everything is filled with infinite possibilities. If only you could take that moment and distil its essence, preserve it—not forever, but just long enough.”
― Lavie Tidhar, The Escapement

“This is clown country, kid. If you can ride it or you can make it dance or you can stick your head in its mouth, then you can eat it.”
― Lavie Tidhar, The Escapement

“The man woke with a shudder in the hospital room and looked about him helplessly, spooked by some nameless night terror, and when he looked out of the window he saw not the city streets but the white dusty plains of a crater like something on the moon, and it was full of clowns.”
― Lavie Tidhar, The Escapement

“The cats, who knew when things were going bad, slunk into the holes between the city and that other place and vanished.”
― Lavie Tidhar, The Escapement

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― Lavie Tidhar, The Escapement

“The Kid paused from shovelling ghosts and looked at the Stranger mournfully. “Well, that’s another fine mess you’ve gotten us into,” he said.”
― Lavie Tidhar, The Escapement

“Well, that’s another fine mess you’ve gotten us into,” he said.”
― Lavie Tidhar, The Escapement

“As for the cat, it was often said that felines were neither entirely of this place or another, and could cross the threshold between the real and the not with ease.”
― Lavie Tidhar, The Escapement