“... reminding her that life was short, and that soon she, too, would be one of the wraiths floating around the castle. But only if she really lived first, otherwise there would be no trace of her at all. Only… — Magnus Flyte Copy Share Image
“Only the passionate were immortal, it seemed. If you fought, screwed, screamed, laughed, or otherwise experienced life intensely, for better or worse, you left a record. Those who lived a quiet, well-behaved, well-tempered life? Gone without a trace.” — Magnus Flyte Copy Share Image
“The Nazis had been one thing. The communists were another. But now there were academics crawling all over the palace.” — Magnus Flyte Copy Share Image
“Prayer. That was what people did when there was nothing else left to do.” — Magnus Flyte Copy Share Image
“Isn’t it funny that only twenty years ago, they were down there cowering in terror that we trigger-happy, decadent, capitalist Americans would go nuclear… — Magnus Flyte Copy Share Image
“This place was just a pile of old stones. Pretty stones arranged in intriguing ways, but just old stones. “And outdated wiring,” her father… — Magnus Flyte Copy Share Image
“Indeed, a convent was a kind of early think tank for women, since it was the preferred choice of intellectuals wanting to escape marriage.” — Magnus Flyte Copy Share Image
“Prague is a threshold.” “A threshold?” “Yes. Between the life of good and … the other.” Sarah thought of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. “I’m… — Magnus Flyte Copy Share Image
“She hadn’t really counted on having to measure pedagogic dick length with a whole tribe.” — Magnus Flyte Copy Share Image
“Rules of science.” Alessandro shrugged his elegant shoulders. “And what are those? We don’t even know how this works.” He pointed to his head.” — Magnus Flyte Copy Share Image
“Mark Twain said that, outside of Vienna, all coffee was merely liquid poverty," Sarah commented.” — Magnus Flyte Copy Share Image
