“Building an empire...one letter in front of the other.”
“Information is the mortar that both builds and destroys empires”
“One day Trurl the constructor put together a machine that could build anything beginning with the letter 'n'.”
“So you can't live in Manhattan?' she asked.Amos's brow furrowed as he looked across at the Empire State Building. 'Manhattan has other problems. Other gods. It's best we stay separate.”
“Because of the power shortage and lack of replacement parts there was only one elevator running in the Empire State Building, and this one went only as high as the twenty-fifth floor. After that you walked.”
“All dreams of empire end because day breaks in the hearts of the slaves used to build it.”