"I've managed to bring the backlog down to a mere sixty-eight years," she announced with some small sense of achievement. "I hope to be able to start marking the papers of pupils who are still alive by the end of the decade."
"Now and again. Good residency is about having the power to ask someone to do something, but not necessarily exercising it."
"The very possibility of death focuses the mind wonderfully."
"The best plans are always the simplest."
"Chromatacia…society…ruled by a colortocracy…social hierarchy based upon one's limited color perception, society is dominated by color. In this world, you are what you can see."
"Those that see too much quickly find themselves seeing nothing at all."
"Curiosity is a descending stair…that leads to only who-knows-where."
"Those that can be troubled to muse upon the meaning of life are general disappointed when they figure it out."
"And we kissed again. It was a warm, indescribably lovely feeling. But it was more than just physical. It was a dialogue between two young people with high ideals and a Big Plan. It was about belonging, secrets, partnership, commitment."
"…although her mouth uttered fond words, her eyes spoke only venom."
"She had large, questioning eyes that seemed to draw me in and a sense of quiet outrage that simmered just beneath the surface. More than anything, within her features, there was a streak of wild quirkiness that made her dazzlingly attractive."
"The sky was like ebony and the only illumination was the harsh white light of the central streetlamp, which cast shadows so hard it seemed you might cut yourself on them."
"For myself, I favored the abstract. I collected not just obsolete terms and words, but ideas."
"Another one of your quippy japes?"
"Rouge of my heart, intertwined with double-hued destiny,Thread of my thoughts, constant and rubicund legacy,Filament of my future, endeared unto my expectation,Cord of my emotion, seared with eternal elation."
"7. 3. 12. 31. 208: Reckless disrespect of the lightless hours will not be tolerated."
"Believe me, you're going to have to do much worse than this--in the pursuit of freedom, the innocents will suffer--and at your hands."
"I don't need you to agree with me," she said quietly." I'll go away happy with a little bit of doubt. Doubt is good. It's an emotion we can build on. Perhaps if we feed it with curiosity it will blossom into something useful, like suspicion - and action."
"I'm beginning to think you're the sort of person who does a great deal with very little."He meant a liar."
"The cucumber and the tomato are both fruit; the avocado is a nut. To assist with the dietary requirements of vegetarians, on the first Tuesday of the month a chicken is officially a vegetable."
"In fact, the room was so quiet you might have heard a drop of paint splash."
"There's more to good or bad than what's written in the Rulebook."
"Keep your head down, Edward. Those that see too much quickly find themselves seeing nothing at all."
"Never underestimate the capacity for romance, no matter what the circumstances."
"You want me to spy on a National Colour operative?''Wow,' she said, 'you got it. I thought I was going to have to explain that one for a lot longer."