Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
Top 10 Best Quotes
“The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.”
“Perhaps even people you like and admire immensely can make you see the World in ways you would rather not.”
“May your Paths be safe, your Floors unbroken and may the House fill your eyes with Beauty.”
“The House is valuable because it is the House. It is enough in and of Itself. It is not the means to an end.”
“In my mind are all the tides, their seasons, their ebbs and their flows. In my mind are all the halls, the endless procession of them, the intricate pathways. When this world becomes too much for me, when I grow tired of the noise and the dirt and the people, I close my eyes and I name a particular vestibule to myself; then I name a hall.”
“It does not matter that you do not understand the reason. You are the Beloved Child of the House. Be comforted. And I am comforted.”
“I realised that the search for the Knowledge has encouraged us to think of the House as if it were a sort of riddle to be unravelled, a text to be interpreted, and that if ever we discover the Knowledge, then it will be as if the Value has been wrested from the House and all that remains will be mere scenery.”
“Birds are not difficult to understand. Their behaviour tells me what they are thinking. Generally it runs along the lines of: Is this food? Is this? What about this? This might be food. I am almost certain that this is. Or occasionally: It is raining. I do not like it.”
“Perhaps that is what it is like being with other people. Perhaps even people you like and admire immensely can make you see the World in ways you would rather not. Perhaps that is what Raphael means.”
“My last thought before I fell asleep was: He is dead. My only friend. My only enemy.”
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power, mind-palace, world, salvation, comfort, path, worlds, arcane, house, beauty
