Город лестниц

Envy the fire, for it is either going or not. Fires do not feel happy, sad, angry. They burn, or they do not burn.

Time renders all people and all things silent. And gods, it seems, are no exception.

Just because the nightmare you expected comes true, it doesn't make it any less terrifying.

When in doubt, be patient, and watch.

There is no crueler hells then committee work....

You can be a girl at any age, you know. Girls at forty. Girls at fifty. There's a kind of flightiness to them, just like how a man at forty can have the impatience and belligerence of a five-year-old boy. But you can also be a woman at any age.

..history, as you may know, is much like a spiral staircase that gives the illusion of going up, but never quite goes anywhere.

У государств нет морали, только интересы.

Боги жестоки не потому, что заставляют нас работать. Они жестоки, потому что позволяют нам надеяться.

Мир труслив, – думает он. – Он не смеет меняться у тебя на глазах. Он ждет, когда ты отвернешься, и прыгает тебе на холку…