“Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot.”
“But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize, their heart's desire, their dream... But the price of getting what you want, is getting what you once wanted.”
“Writers are liars my dear, surely you know that by now?”
“Writers are liars, my dear, surely you know that by now? And yet, things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot.”
“You people always hold onto old identities, old faces and masks, long after they've served their purpose. But you've got to learn to throw things away eventually.”
“I smoke a cigarette, and pretend I'm normal. And I wish I was dead.”
“Still, every little bit helps, as the old woman said when she pissed in the sea.”
“I only have two kinds of dreams: the bad and the terrible. Bad dreams I can cope with. They're just nightmares, and they end eventually. The terrible dreams are the good dreams.”
“Rainie, mythologies take longer to die than people believe. They linger on in a kind of dream country that affects all of you.”
“They say that cigarettes will kill you, eventually. Fine. That's just fine. I only wish they'd do it faster.”
“Pacifism is a virtue indisguishable from cowardice.”
“He was never unfaithful to Bina. But there is no doubt that what broke the marriage was Landsman’s lack of faith.”
“Oh, I am getting married," Raisa said sleepily. "You promised me that if I agreed to marry you, that you would make it happen." She extended her hand, the one with the ring Han had given her, and waved it under his nose. "So. It's time to pay up.”
“The hound and hare were both so wearied that the peasant got them all.”
“He just knew that Mercy was... his. His in a way he didn't really get only knew she was. And he wanted her. He had to have her. Every bit of her. Own her.”
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