“ Thus Milton refines the question down to a matter of faith, said Coleridge, bringing the lecture to a close, and a kind of faith more independent, autonomous - more truly strong, as a matter of fact -… Tim Powers
“ Mr. Bird flung his food away and leaped to his feet, glaring around at no one in particular. 'I am not a dog!' he shouted agrily, his gold earrings flashing in the firelight. Tim Powers
“ The Spoonsize Boys steal the dollhouse toys while the cat by the fire is curled. Then away they floats in their eggshell boats, down the drains to their underground world. Tim Powers
“ Yeah, there's some unlikely beasts in the world, and it's best to stay near the ones that you've bought drinks for. Tim Powers
“ Time, he said solemnly, is comparable to a river flowing under a layer of ice. It stretches us out like water weeds, from root to tip, from birth to death, curled around whatever rocks or snags happen… Tim Powers
“ Let us quickly be finished with this business of dying, to save the trouble of making dinner. Tim Powers
“ Shandy looked ahead. Blackbeard, apparently willing to get the explanation later, had picked up his oars and was rowing again. 'May I presume to suggest,' yelled Shandy giddily to Davies, 'that we pre… Tim Powers
