“Bryar Kosala just likes helping people, and is good at running things, and when invited to become the world’s Mom she said, “Sure.”
Ada Palmer, Too Like the Lightning“I cannot offer wine without the poison of the alcohol within.”
Ada Palmer, Too Like the Lightning“Carlyle had come fluttering to the flame, lured by the false invitation Dominic had sent in Eloise's name and lured, too, by Eloise's conclusion that J.E.D.D. Mason was something not unlike a miracle. How confident the cousin was that in this golden age of peace and ever watching trackers, a virgin with a bag of gold could walk across this earth without danger. Our modern moths have bounced so many times off light bulbs they aren't prepared for torches and forget that wings can burn.”
Ada Palmer, Seven Surrenders“We now doubt Aristotle, understand Shakespeare only with footnotes.”
Ada Palmer, Too Like the Lightning“It doesn’t take a declaration, or an invasion, to start a war, all it takes is an ‘us’ and a ‘them.’ And a spark.”
Ada Palmer, Seven Surrenders“Oh, miraculous chameleon, science, who can reverse your doctrine hourly and never shake our faith! What cult ever battered by this world of doubt can help but envy you?”
Ada Palmer, Seven Surrenders