It wasn't fair, but fairness was something you had to go get; it wasn't delivered like the mail. — Tim Powers Copy Share Image
“Under,” he said in a shaky voice, “normal circumstances, I’d certainly be in love with you.” “Nobody falls in love under normal circumstances,” she said softly, rubbing his finger with her warm thumb. He restrained an impulse to look to… — Tim Powers Copy Share Image
“Another howl broke from the tent downstream, this one sounding more like pieces of metal being violined against each other than an issue from… — Tim Powers Copy Share Image
The seas and the weathers are what is; your vessels adapt to them or sink. — Tim Powers Copy Share Image
“Summer lightning made it seem that flickering white-hot wires were turning in the terribly blue sky just above the horizon, and the recent storms… — Tim Powers Copy Share Image
I've learned that having a lot of money is more fun than not having a lot of money, and that once you've got it,… — Tim Powers Copy Share Image
Certainly no valid answer is ever gained by excluding any factors of the problem; that was the Puritans' error. — Tim Powers Copy Share Image
The wages of courage is death, lad, but it's the wages of everything else, too. — Tim Powers Copy Share Image
“The poem was called “Goblin Market,” and the book whose proof pages were on the desk was titled Goblin Market and Other Poems. Christina” — Tim Powers Copy Share Image
“As soon as I get a ship that can take to the open seas, I'm going to find and rescue and - if there's… — Tim Powers Copy Share Image
“Blessed be the soul, and the Lord that keeps it in order; blessed be the day, and the Lord that drives it away.” — Tim Powers Copy Share Image
“Shandy looked ahead. Blackbeard, apparently willing to get the explanation later, had picked up his oars and was rowing again. 'May I presume to… — Tim Powers Copy Share Image
“Byron had drawn his pistol, and was looking closely at the leaves and dirt around him, as if he'd dropped something. "It's -- do… — Tim Powers Copy Share Image
