Hentzau saw the Jade Goyl just as clearly as the Fairy had in her dreams. The pale green stone ran through his human skin like a promise.
Truth or lie... he had always chosen the lie, to spare his little brother any unpleasant truth.
He wants to be grown-up. How different dreams can be! Nature will soon grant your wish.
I'm perfectly happy to know the world at secondhand. It's a lot safer.
He hablado ex profeso con el viento -anunció-, pues hay una cosa que debes saber: cuando el viento se obstina en jugar con el fuego, ni yo mismo puedo domeñarlo. Pero me ha dado su palabra de honor de...
That bloody bastard! That thrice accursed son of a bitch!
You soon get tired of what's extraordinary, dragon rider. It's often the most ordinary things that bring great happiness.
Words,words filled the night like the fragrance of invisible flowers.
Even the Doughskins had to admit it: in this world, only stone could claim to last.
The best lies stay close to the truth.
Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us?
She felt as if the grave stones were whispering those names to her as she walked past... Those stones that bore no names seemed like closed mouths, sad mouths that forgotten how to speak. But perhaps...
I will try to write books until I drop dead.
The Dark Fairy touched her chest. No heart, like her sisters. So where did the love come from?
They wouldn't tell Scipio how much of the counterfeit cash was left since, as Riccio put it, 'You're a detective now, after all.
Resa longed for the kitchen, always full of the humming of the oversize fridge, for mo's workshop in the garden, and the armchair in the library where you could sit and visit strange worlds without ge...
Killing is easy," said Mo, "Dying is harder...
[...], aber keine von ihnen war so recht bei der Sache und das Gefühl, das sich sonst sofort eingestellt hatte, wenn sie zusammen im Wohnwagen saßen, das Gefühl von Geborgenheit, von Freiheit und Freu...
Therese of Austry would have made a great treasure hunter if she hadn’t been born the daughter of an Emperor.
Io non credo fondamentalmente a nessuno, ormai dovresti saperlo. Siamo tutti bugiardi quando serve.