Tim Powers quotes - page 2

The landlord crossed himself when they checked in, but an English ten-pound note for a week's lodging overcame whatever superstitious misgivings the man may have had. (Tim Powers)
After a few seconds, he said, "You're devout, aren't you? Some species of Christian, I imagine?” She smiled faintly. "Yes.” "I would say that was a mark against your intelligence, but since you're both nice girls, I won't say it. But you assume a sequel to this life, one in which noble sacrifices are rewarded, or at least noted. I'm convinced that no note is taken at all, and that, as far as any one of us is concerned, the universe comes to an end at the moment of his death.”. View quote
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It struck Duffy that a touch of hysteria had sharpened the good fellowship tonight, as if the night wind whistling under the eaves carried some pollen of impermanence, making everyone nostalgic for things they hadn't yet lost. View quote
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Gambling was the place where statistics and profound human consequences met most nakedly, after all, and cards, even more than dice or the numbers on a roulette wheel, seemed able to define and perhaps even dictate a player's...luck. View quote
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Say that again after you've been in the same spot and acted differently, old buddy. Maybe then I'll be ashamed. View quote
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"We're going to have a séance. Oren, open the whisky, if you would, and pour each of us a full glass.” "First sensible remark all night,” said Charlotte. View quote
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She's probably only now beginning to be able to think for herself, he thought. And she'll be hating it. Will she acknowledge the responsibilities that she can now clearly see, or will they be so appalling that she'll just want to return to the selfless haze? View quote
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Solipsism,” said Felise. "I thought that too, for a while, but it was so obvious that my cat didn't think so, didn't think I was the only thing in the universe, that I decided it wasn't true. View quote
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Let us quickly be finished with the business of dying, to save the trouble of making dinner. View quote
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"Whats o'clock?” It wants a quarter to twelve, And to-morrow's doomsday. View quote
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"William will marry eventually,” he said in a quieter tone. He'll try to have children-he doesn't believe any of this.” "Not even in God,” said Maria sadly, shaking her head, "who is our only hope.” "And an unhelpfully remote and theoretical hope, at that,” Gabriel snapped. (Tim Powers)
He was dizzy, and it occurred to him that Newton must have been right when he'd said that light consisted of particles, for today he could feel them hitting him. View quote
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Your skull in gold will be more valuable than others, being solid all through. View quote
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All wrong. The words seemed in this moment to describe Hale's whole life. View quote
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Every ruler wants to maintain the status quo. View quote
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Processions of priests and religiosi have been for several days past praying for rain; but the gods are either angry, or nature is too powerful. View quote
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I'm really willing to try to believe you're not crazy, but you gotta help me a little, you know? View quote
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By the dim yellow glow of the overhead bulb, Lepidopt stared at the bomb and the time machine, and he tried to imagine what might go wrong. View quote
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He always had to use holy water-real holy water, from gallon jugs he filled from the silver urn at St. Anne's-but though it impressed the customers, all he could see that it actually did was get stuff wet. View quote
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Bradshaw sighed and swallowed, feeling the volatile coldness in his throat and trying to remember what tequila tasted like. Pepper and turpentine, as far as he could recall. View quote
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Sukie had always said that the Alice books were the Old and New Testaments for ghosts-which Pete had never understood; after all, Lewis Carroll hadn't been dead yet when he'd written them. (Tim Powers)
Which perspective is true? he thought. Which do I want to be true? View quote
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That's me, that old guy, that old drunk guy! Who claimed he was my dad? Like, me from the future?” "One future, not the future. There isn't any the future. View quote
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Trusting Merlin is like giving a migrant scorpion a lift inside your hat. View quote
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I'm not a joiner. Any time you work with people, they turn out to be inept clowns. View quote
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Tim Powers

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Occupation: American Author
Born: February 29, 1952
Quotes count: 73
Wikipedia: Tim Powers

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