“Unwin was tired, too. He had worn himself down—to nothing, nearly—with his cuts and corrections, his erasures and emendations. He was awake now, but was there still time for him? His mind had wearied of its appointed rounds, of the… — Jedediah Berry Copy Share Image
Woe to he who checkmates his opponents at last, only to discover they have been playing cribbage. — Jedediah Berry Copy Share Image
“All the world's a rube, and he who tries to prove otherwise will be the first to wake onstage, victim of our just ridicule.” — Jedediah Berry Copy Share Image
She was beautiful, in the quiet way that lonely, unnoticed people are beautiful to those who notice them. — Jedediah Berry Copy Share Image
“A hat is a snake is a lamp is a child is an insect is a clothesline hung with telephones.” — Jedediah Berry Copy Share Image
“There is no better way to understand your own motives and dispositions than by finding someone to act as your opposite. T” — Jedediah Berry Copy Share Image
“It is not enough to say that you have had a hunch. Once written down, most such inklings reveal themselves for what they are:… — Jedediah Berry Copy Share Image
“The expert detective’s pursuit will go unnoticed, but not because he is unremarkable. Rather, like the suspect’s shadow, he will appear as though he… — Jedediah Berry Copy Share Image
A train will bring you back to the place you came from, but it will not return you home. — Jedediah Berry Copy Share Image
Love is the same as being lost,' says Jacques to the dark. 'Except you don't care that you're lost. — Jedediah Berry Copy Share Image
“A blatant falsification, brought to dwell perpetually in the Agency archives, a stain in the shape of words!” — Jedediah Berry Copy Share Image
I was to be buried inside my own creation, the better to keep its secrets. I will not tell you more, for your sake.… — Jedediah Berry Copy Share Image
