Quotes from book

The Swan Thieves

“The problem is simply finding the right person. Ask Plato. Just make sure she finishes your thoughts and you finish hers. That's all you need.”

“It's funny; in this era of e-mail and voice mail and all those things that even I did not grow up with, a plain old paper letter takes on amazing intimacy.”

“… what will we someday do, I always wonder, without the pleasures of turning through books and stumbling on things we never meant to find?”

“The heart does not go backward. Only the mind.”

“And how could anyone consent to give up the smell of open books, old or new?”

“In the end, I always act from the heart, even if I also value reason and tradition. I wish I could explain why, but I don't know.”

“.. then you must say to her, ‘Madame, I observe that your heart is broken. Allow me to repair it for you…”