It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright.

I've put men to death-men with supposedly immortal souls-that looked dumber than that mouse

Nothing is ever lost, Sarah. Nothing that can't be found.

Sarcastic people tend to be marshmallows underneath the armor

And didn't they say that, although curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought the beast back?

A book is like a pump. It gives nothing unless first you give to it. You prime a pump with your own water, you work the handle with your own strength. You do this because you expect to get back more than you give.

Time was a face on the water, and like the great river before them, it did nothing but flow.