“Do you believe people can change their fate, or do you think our lives are mapped out before us? I mean, do you think we're each doomed to die a certain death?” — Joanne Owen Copy Share Image
“Death continues to stalk the streets, stealing the souls of our children as they sleep. We're running out of fingers to close their eyes, voices to bless their souls, hands to dig their graves. Poisonous fumes from their unburied bodies… — Joanne Owen Copy Share Image
“All things are poison and nothing is without poison. Only the dose determines whether something is poisonous or not.” — Joanne Owen Copy Share Image
“Along with astronomy and alchemy, collecting was what made Rudolf happy. He mistrusted people. He could hear them now. Whispering voices. Murmuring in the… — Joanne Owen Copy Share Image
“A scientist must be a traveller, an explorer. Knowledge comes from experience. ... The path to enlightenment is never linear.” — Joanne Owen Copy Share Image
“While Cabinets of Curiosities were intended to be microcosms of the world, and to symbolise a ruler's all-powerful control of his realm, Rudolf's came… — Joanne Owen Copy Share Image
“It's unwise to let rage get the better of you. And you shouldn't hinge everything on whether you'll get to see the Emperor. Being… — Joanne Owen Copy Share Image
“They spent their days together and their nights dreaming of one another.” — Joanne Owen Copy Share Image
“Do you believe people can change their fate, or do you think our lives are mapped out before us? I mean, do you think… — Joanne Owen Copy Share Image
