"All is silent in the halls of the dead.”Eddie heard himself in a falling, fainting voice. “All is forgotten in the stone halls of the dead. Behold the stairways which stand in darkness; behold the rooms of ruin. These are the halls of the dead where spiders spin and the great circuits fall quiet, one by one."

"And the Tower is closer."

"Wandering’s the most addictive drug there is, I think, and every hidden road leads on to a dozen more."

"Because the only thing talent wants is to be used."