2010/06: Hell and Earth -- Elizabeth Bear

"The Catholics would redeem us," Kit said, crouching to warm his hands before a star that grew and flowered close beside his feet. They stood on one of the crystal vaults of heaven: far below, he could discern the shifting blue-white orb of the Earth. "If we forswore all for the love of God." He paused, pressing his fingers to the crystal, so pure it was invisible. "An we were closer, I might amend some maps." (p. 93-94)

( review, slightly spoilery for <i>Hell and Earth</i> and very spoilery for <i>Ink and Steel</i> )

2010/07: Whiskey and Water -- Elizabeth Bear

Whiskey and Water -- Elizabeth Bear

"All books are lies, but the books that say you can walk out of Faerie unscathed are more so. It's not that you come back and not a moment has passed -- it's that you're gone a moment, and fifteen years have gone, and everyone you loved has forgotten you." (p.134)

( non-spoilery for this book, possible spoilers for <i>Blood and Iron</i> and <i>Hell and Earth</i> )