“In his voice resonated the timbre of a man who thinks he has convinced himself of an idea, but masks his own doubt by laboring to persuade others.”

“None on the Court be well disposed to the hearing of reason,I'm afraid. They are gripped with fear for their own reputations.”

“The philosophers stone is just an allegory. It represents everything that man wants and can never have.”

“Everyone has wounds as want healing. Seems like they all find me.”

“Mentally Connie gathered her strands of thinking into thick handfuls, trying to braid them into a coherent whole.”

“She slipped into this rhythm without thinking about it, like a clock that moved its hands without knowing why.”

“Her freckles were delectable. Most fellows didn't care for freckles as a rule, thinking they were tough-looking. But Betty's were appealing. Like cake batter you could wipe off with your thumb, buttery and sweet.”