“such a short time. I am about to tell our barker,”

“I wonder if our names determine our destiny, or if destiny leads us to choose certain names.”

“After all, that's why we read historical fiction-to be transported to another time, and to be astonished at ancient people's lives and traditions, just as they would probably be astonished at ours.”

“Weigh each heart on its own," I shouted, "for how many of us would pass into the Afterlife if Osiris weighed our hearts with those of our akhu?”

“I always thought the purpose of time was to move forward, not backward.”

“The only thing money is good for, Marie, is buying time. The time to do the things you like.”

“But there is nothing interesting about being unprepared.”