��white knowledge (which is like white noise only more useful)� Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, page 9
�He was one man alone but hew as greater than the sum of those who had presumed to take control of him.� The Russia House by John Le Carre, page 315
�She created a life independent of anyone else and in which she was no longer a wispy figure in the mirror of someone else�s eyes, fully becoming her own self.� The Jordan Girls by Joan M Drury, page 245
�Not for all the little plastic toys in China.� Wednesday in American Gods by Neil Gaiman, page 240
�Death doesn�t make you sad- it makes you empty. That�s what�s so bad about it. All of your charms and beliefs and funny habits fall fast through a big black hole, and suddenly you know they�re gone because just as suddenly, there�s nothing at all left inside.� Bones of the Moon by Jonathan Carroll, pages 178 and 179
�It�s hard convincing yourself that where you are at the moment is your home, and it�s not always where your heart is. Sometimes I win and sometimes not.� Bones of the Moon by Jonathan Carroll, page 186
�I�ve decided the trick is to understand the moments that matter, then turn them into courage in the present, hope for the future.� Mr. Menso in Circuit of Heaven by Dennis Danvers, page 195
�Good explanations are like bathing suits, darling, they are meant to reveal everything by covering only what is necessary.� Tallulah Bankhead in Up from Jericho Tel by E L Konigsburg, page 68
�Before the beginning is the void and the void belongs in neither time nor space and is therefore beyond our imagination.� Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson, page 11
� What is the fabric of time like? Black Silk? A smooth twill, a rough tweed? Or lacy and fragile like something Mrs. Baxter would knit?� Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson, page 11
�Beauty isn�t what you see on TV or in magazine ads or even necessarily in art galleries. It�s a lot deeper and a lot simpler than that. It�s realizing the goodness of things, it�s leaving the world a little better than it was before you got here. It�s appreciating the inspiration of the world around you and trying to inspire others.� The Onion Girl by Charles de Lint, page 137
�It is so easy for your people to forget that everything has a spirit, that all are equal. That magic and mystery are a part of your lives, not something to store away in a child�s bedroom, or to use as an escape from your lives.� The Onion Girl by Charles de Lint, page 435
�Everybody�s got the potential for great good and great wrong in them, but it�s the choices we make that define who we really are.� Cassie in The Onion Girl by Charles de Lint, page 471
�No place or person is immune to spirit. Look hard enough, and everything has a story. Everybody is important.� Jilly Coppercorn in The Onion Girl by Charles de Lint, page 508