“ This book is dedicated to all good teachers everywhere, most particularly those of the William Levering School and Central High School in Philadelphia, to whom more is owed than can ever be repaid. Michael Swanwick
“ My colleague and I are journalists. ... Not of the muckraking variety, I hasten to assure you! Corruption is a necessary and time-honored concomitant of any functioning government, which we support wh… Michael Swanwick
“ Relationships between things shift and change constantly; there is not such thing as objective truth. Michael Swanwick
“ I forget if it was the Mathematician of Alexandria who said that geometry is beauty laid bare or the Father of Relativity who made the claim for physics, Darger said. She is, in either case, ravishing… Michael Swanwick
“ A few words before we attack, Surplus said. I know that I can trust you all to be terrifying...Yasss! his mountain horse said.Be quiet, Buttercup. However, please remember to only knock down things th… Michael Swanwick
“ Their business here was over then, and they all knew it; the magic moment had arrived when it was understood that nothing more would be established, discovered, or decided today. But the meeting, havi… Michael Swanwick
“ The Spider Hero lived his life by this maxim: He who possesses great power is burdened also with great responsibility. — Michael Swanwick
“ Lucky for you, you don’t need to worry about love at all. Because you have a wife. Michael Swanwick
“ The body, you know, is ninety percent water, and there are those who will tell you that life is only a device which water employs to move itself about. Michael Swanwick
“ So that, logically, in the brief time allotted to us, we should be as kind to one another as is humanly possible and face the harsh facts of reality without fear or flinching. Michael Swanwick
“ Per molto tempo il Baldwynn non parlò. — Servirai la Dea, ora? — disse infine. — Consapevolmente e affettuosamente, in dolce obbedienza e umile riconoscimento di tutto ciò che lei è? Michael Swanwick
“ Perfection is death,' Anastasia said. 'The world is imperfect, but if it weren't, who would love it? Michael Swanwick
“ The best thing to be in a city was anonymous. Failing that, however, notoriety would do. Michael Swanwick
“ Doveva trovarsi sopra gli scavi archeologici, pensò. Un ottavo di miglio quadrato che era stato ancorato nella roccia sottostante con degli stabilizzatori dopo aver sepolto nel suo cuore almeno tre se… Michael Swanwick
“ Art should be beautiful, not ugly. It should be uplifting and redemptive. Art reassures us that life is good and that, however bad things may look at the moment, everything works out for the best in t… Michael Swanwick
“ From boyhood, all his passion had been for knowledge. He had ached to hold within him the compass of all lore and learning, to read the book of Nature and so comprehend the mind of its Creator, to be… Michael Swanwick
“ A hippogriff flew past, trailing laughter. It came so close to Will that he could smell its scent, a pungent mixture of horse sweat and milky pin-feathers, and feel the wind from its wings. Its rider’… Michael Swanwick
