“The train slowed to a crawl. “What’s below the turtle?” Flemel asked finally. “It’s turtles all the way down,” M informed him, stepping out of the now-open doors.” — Daniel Polansky Copy Share Image
“Libraries—like train stations, crossroads, church belfries, and attics—are places where worlds leak together, where the Management, in its ineffable wisdom, tends not to look too closely on what goes on.” — Daniel Polansky Copy Share Image
“As far as immortality went, that was obviously not any sort of good at all. Who had ever met death without some partial measure… — Daniel Polansky Copy Share Image
“Because it’s a lit fuse, love – you light it yourself, and you stand around the powder keg afterward, grinning from ear to ear.” — Daniel Polansky Copy Share Image
“He’s gonna chill for a minute. Now offer him some motherfucking Froot Loops.” The man shrunk his head into his shoulders. “You want some… — Daniel Polansky Copy Share Image
“The train slowed to a crawl. “What’s below the turtle?” Flemel asked finally. “It’s turtles all the way down,” M informed him, stepping out… — Daniel Polansky Copy Share Image
“I leaned back into my chair, folded my arms together and made like I was pondering. ‘I understand. You’re worried about the future.’ ‘Damn… — Daniel Polansky Copy Share Image
“Once the trouble started he lit one of those boom sticks. Captain put him down, but..." Barley shrugged his swelled shoulders. "Not fast enough.… — Daniel Polansky Copy Share Image
“M did not like communities, which were usually filled with people, whom M liked even less.” — Daniel Polansky Copy Share Image
“If the human race has ever invented an institution more effective in the propagation of intellectual and ethical cripples than the nobility, I have… — Daniel Polansky Copy Share Image
“The Quaker did not scream: not when the blood began to come swiftly down his face, not when the force of Elf's attack carried… — Daniel Polansky Copy Share Image
“the rat king, they call it, unimaginatively. My long association with the city’s rodent population has yet to confirm its existence, but it’s a… — Daniel Polansky Copy Share Image
“The Questioner was repacking his tools with a vague air of disappointment. Deciding my legs were steady enough to carry me, I propped myself… — Daniel Polansky Copy Share Image
