I haven't left a mark on the world, but is that so bad? Considering how deeply the world has marked me?

The things that are the most valuable are often the ones you don't even know exist. -- Xavier, The Gatekeeper

Old paper, which my mom used to say was the smell of time itself.

It's not easy to be Light when you've been Dark. It's almost too much to ask anyone. -Macon Ravenwood

Ro trails his hands against the wall as he walks. The archivists look at him as he passes. Ro is good at irritating people; he'll find the one thing you don't want him to do, and do it every time. It's one of his many gifts.

Darkness does not leave us easily as we would hope.

There are more reasons for people's actions than the number of actions that are actually set in motion.