"Feeling unique is what we all have in common, it’s the thing that’s always the same."

"Human lives exist to be experienced, or possibly endured, but not solved. They resemble any other novel more than the…"

"“Scout, that’s a good one,” said the sergeant. “Danny-boy couldn’t scout the inside of his eyelids.”"

"The way to make a bundle in architecture right now was to devise new ways for people to pretend to gather while actua…"

"You remind me of myself, once upon a time. We’re not really that different even now. We chafe at our bits—but you’re …"

"You consider yourself an outsider, a seeker of truth amidst lies, yet you’ve bought into the biggest lie that can be …"

"Architectural offices are always a good argument against architects, and Copperminer and Bayzwaite was no exception. …"

"He was a wretched excuse for a human being, but for an inquisitor he wasn’t half bad."

"I’d joined the ever-growing category of things that look better when you leave the light off."

"“Where did you come from?” asked Omidon. “I was exiled to the margin,” said Wendy sourly. “For what reason?” “Why is …"