Quote by Alan Bradley

“That’s what I love about people. They have dreams and grand ambitions, and they start building towards them, even though they know they won’t…

— Dan Abnett

“She looked so hopeful he would have built the pyramids for her single-handedly to satisfy that hope.”

— C.C. Gibbs

“It was a true conversation. About whether our ancestors had more important lives than we do. And how they've managed to trick us, if…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“And I think about those Stasi men. They would never in their lives have imagined that they would cease to exist and that their…

— Anna Funder

“But she laced her fingers through mine. I remember what she’d told me in New York, about building something permanent, and I thought-just maybe-we…

— Rick Riordan

“Arched pillars held up a very high ceiling that echoed with the sounds of footsteps as everyone bustled about their business. They all seemed…

— Audrey Mackaman

“Take the Pyramids. Great blocks of useless masonry, put up to minister to the egoism of a despotic bloated king. Think of the sweated…

— Agatha Christie

“The only thing all the intended disorientation had accomplished was to familiarize her with the building. Idiots.”

— Sarah J. Maas

“Vivian said she wanted to clean out her attic. But I think what she really wanted was to see what was in those boxes…

— Christina Baker Kline

“Funny, that. For so long Wormwood had desired the throne and then, when he'd had it, it hadn't been worth desiring after all.”

— John Connolly

“...it seemed a part of her life, to step from the ancient to the modern, back and forth. She felt rather sorry for those…

— Orson Scott Card

“Nothing was like knowing you were the appetizer for a feast of orgy, that you were what whetted the guests and enticed them to…

— Fierce Dolan