“Not all men were meant to dance with dragons.”
“Men are men ... Dragons are dragons.”
“Ben understood at last that money was one big dragon, with a billion dollars for a head, and a penny on the tip of its tail. It had as many voices as there were men and women, and it captured all who were fools enough to listen to it all the time.”
“Everything lined up. It has been easy, as if it were meant-""Meant!" she said, amazed. She spun to face him, which, in the crush, brought her against his chest as if they were still dancing. She fought backward for space. As if what were meant?""You," he said. "And me.”
“My brother believed in all sorts of mythical creatures: pixies, dragons, werewolves, honest men.”
“They were anxious to make men of us, by which they meant making us like themselves.”