When the boy was with his father in the house outside of the city, he was drilled about visitors to the apartment. His father took careful notes. Were there men? he said. And all the boy could think of were the men who brought their dinners, who fixe...
Suppose just five percent of the tens of thousands of people in Tiananmen Square at that time had portable phones, digital cameras, and video cameras, and the content from 10% of those devices had been uploaded and spread via the 'Net? There wouldn't...
Dr. Schreber: I call them the Strangers. They abducted us and brought us here. This city, everyone in it... is their experiment. They mix and match our memories as they see fit, trying to divine what makes us unique. One day, a man might be an inspec...
Jim Gordon: [reading from the book "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens] I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss. I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy. I see that I hol...
In my dreams of this city I am always lost.
Go forth and light the lights of war
As long as I can dream, I will dream of you.
We may not be all that bright, Jace said, but at least we are alive.
A wholesome fear would be a fit guardian for the citizens.
Fish and visitors stink after three days.
Was he leaving home, or going home?
It is not hard to fool people when they do not want to know the truth.
I have a feeling you're right, Sherwin.' 'Simon. My name is Simon.
In the society of would-be-gods, a humble man is always polite.
People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the citys walls.
...was an elegant woman in a city of so many thousands of elegant women...
They were both lost in cities that would not pause even to shrug
As long as we're together, I'm ready for anything.
Sometimes.. Love just ain't enough- Luke Garroway to Clary
He's my neophyte Downworlder to mock and boss around, not yours.
They kind of look like evil lawn gnomes
