“He'd never asked her whether she would prefer to have a master again, and now the thought of such a conversation made his throat tighten. In a sense it would be like asking someone whether they'd like to escape their… — Helene Wecker Copy Share Image
“The tide of her exhilaration drained from her, leaving her exhausted and heartsick. She would have bound the entire city, made them all into her golems, to satisfy her own need to be useful.” — Helene Wecker Copy Share Image
“Oh, nothing. Only you really did help them, you know.” “Who?” “All the men who’ve come through this House. You helped them find their… — Helene Wecker Copy Share Image
“After that, the Jinni was rarely without tobacco and rolling papers. He appreciated the taste of the tobacco, and the warmth of the smoke… — Helene Wecker Copy Share Image
“These were the world’s first people. Everything they did, every action and decision, was entirely new, without precedent. They had no larger society to… — Helene Wecker Copy Share Image
“A man might desire something for a moment, while a larger part of him rejects it. You'll need to learn to judge people by… — Helene Wecker Copy Share Image
“I trust you above all others", he told her. "Above myself". She shook her head, but then leaned into him, as though taking shelter.… — Helene Wecker Copy Share Image
“On a cloudless night, ink dark, with only a rind of a moon above, the Golem and the Jinni went walking together” — Helene Wecker Copy Share Image
“The human body is like a piece of fabric. No matter how well one cares for it, it frays as it ages.” — Helene Wecker Copy Share Image
“...A mule kicked him in the head." She paused, and then said, "I always wondered if he provoked it. Deliberately." Radzin snorted. "Suicide by… — Helene Wecker Copy Share Image
“Now that the book is out in the world, I’m amazed all over again at what my friend did for me in prompting me… — Helene Wecker Copy Share Image
“As always, Arbeely’s heart squeezed at the sight of her, a not unpleasant ache, as if to say, Ah well. Like many of the… — Helene Wecker Copy Share Image
“A good healer can’t pick and choose. If he can help, then he must.” — Helene Wecker Copy Share Image
“It occurred to him to say the viddui, the prayer before death. He struggled to remember it. Blessed are You, who has bestowed me… — Helene Wecker Copy Share Image
“He'd lived so long in anticipation of his own death that to contemplate his future was like standing at the edge of a cliff,… — Helene Wecker Copy Share Image
“Now as then, he sensed the threads of his life scattering and rearranging before this new and overwhelming thing that had landed among them.” — Helene Wecker Copy Share Image
“Sometimes men want what they don't have because they don't have it. Even if everyone offered to share, they would only want the share… — Helene Wecker Copy Share Image
