“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
“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
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
Certainly no valid answer is ever gained by excluding any factors of the problem; that was the Puritans' error. — Tim Powers Copy Share
The wages of courage is death, lad, but it's the wages of everything else, too. — Tim Powers Copy Share
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
Yeah, there's some unlikely beasts in the world, and it's best to stay near the ones that you've bought drinks for. — Tim Powers Copy Share
“Jacky, who had read and admired Mary Wollstonecraft, and despised the fashion of fluttery helplessness in women, felt, to her own annoyance, close to… — Tim Powers Copy Share
It wasn't fair, but fairness was something you had to go get; it wasn't delivered like the mail. — Tim Powers Copy Share
