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It struck Duffy that a touch of hysteria had sharpened the good fellowship tonight, as if the night wind whistling under the eaves carried some pollen of impermanence, making everyone nostalgic for things they hadn’t yet lost.

— Tim Powers The Drawing of the Dark (1979)

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The wages of courage is death, lad, but it’s the wages of everything else, too.

The Drawing of the Dark (1979)

Some people, he thought, simply have no will to survive—they’re walking hors d’oeuvres waiting for someone who can spare the time to devour them.

Dinner at Deviant's Palace (1985)

“Maybe later,” he told her. “Time yet for a hundred indecisions.”

Alternate Routes (2018)

Processions of priests and religiosi have been for several days past praying for rain; but the gods are either angry, or nature is too powerful.

The Stress of Her Regard (1989)

Every ruler wants to maintain the status quo.

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