"I also hold very strong personal convictions about censorship. I don't believe in forbidden knowledge."
- Andrea Cremer
"And you look beautiful," she added."I look like a cake.""But a beautiful cake."
"I handed him a beaker and toyed with the pleats of my skirt. The folds kept rippling against my knees in a distracting way. It was one of Naomi's additions to my wardrobe. I quickly decided that I hat..."
"Only a sense of lightness, giddy and dizzying, like flight—of a burden that didn't belong to me being lifted.Suddenly I knew the truth and the lights surrounding me exp"
"We are all prisoners of circumstance at one point or another."
"What man would have courage enough to believe he could win you? Bosque laughed. "You exude power. Men are small creatures, easily cowed by those who challenge their sense of self-importance."
"As he passed Alistair to depart the library, Bosque said, "I'm pleased you didn't limit your vision. Ambition is the fertile soil in which true power can be cultivated."
"Unfortunately, the most significant moments of our lives are often unpleasant."
"There's no shame in honest suffering, my dear."
"Maxwell Arbus was the reason Saul lost an eye?" "Yes," Millie answers stiffly. "But that was a long time ago. Saul has moved on. So have I." Whatever checks I'd held on my emotions shatter. "Moved on?..."