Quotes from book

Soul Music

“Or -- and this she knew was a far more accurate way of looking at it -- the book was true and reality was lying.”

“The hippo of recollection stirred in the muddy waters of the mind.”

“There are millions of chords. There are millions of numbers. And everyone forgets the one that is a zero. But without the zero, numbers are just arithmetic. Without the empty chord, music is just noise.”

“I MAY HAVE ALLOWED MYSELF SOME FLICKER OF EMOTION IN THE RECENT PAST, said Death, BUT I CAN GIVE IT UP ANY TIME I LIKE.”

“Sometimes the only thing you could do for people was to be there.”

“Most horses don't walk backwards voluntarily, because what they can't see doesn't exist.”

“Be careful what you wish for. You never know who will be listening.”

“But this didn'tlike magic. It felt a lot older than that. It felt like music.”

“We're on a mission from Glod.”

“Death strode away, stopped, and came back. He pointed a skeletal finger at The Duck Man.
WHY, he said, ARE YOU WALKING AROUND WITH THAT DUCK?
"What duck?"
AH. SORRY.”

“She got on with her education. In her opinion, school kept on trying to interfere with it.”

“It was sad music. But it waved its sadness like a battle flag. It said the universe had done all it could, but you were still alive.”

“In theory it was, around now, Literature. Susan hated Literature. She'd much prefer to read a good book.”