"My life has been uneventful by comparison"

"My life has been uneventful by comparison" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"A smile might have played round my lips"

"A smile might have played round my lips" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"For confusion is a kind of bewitchment"

"For confusion is a kind of bewitchment" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"Pay attention, that's all. Notice things"

"Pay attention, that's all. Notice things" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"Connect what you've noticed. Connect it into a picture"

"Connect what you've noticed. Connect it into a picture" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"You could not extract the Philosophic Mercury from gold"

"You could not extract the Philosophic Mercury from gold" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"And I am not in the mood to be tender and conciliatory just now"

"And I am not in the mood to be tender and conciliatory just now" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"Gold and silver will appear in our coffers as if by magic"

"Gold and silver will appear in our coffers as if by magic" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"I have begun thinking like an Alchemist"

"I have begun thinking like an Alchemist" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"There are ragged bandit gangs all over the place"

"There are ragged bandit gangs all over the place" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"I do not know the nature of your involvement with this"

"I do not know the nature of your involvement with this" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"That? It is a hole in the wall, a niche, a dovecote"

"That? It is a hole in the wall, a niche, a dovecote" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"I confess that I was observing through the window"

"I confess that I was observing through the window" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"In coming weeks, I'll be moving around quite a bit"

"In coming weeks, I'll be moving around quite a bit" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"It makes me worry that you are about to get in trouble again"

"It makes me worry that you are about to get in trouble again" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"Does anyone else here in London have dough?"

"Does anyone else here in London have dough?" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"It felt as if it had been stung by a bee"

"It felt as if it had been stung by a bee" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"It was the sort of dilemma that might make a fellow anxious"

"It was the sort of dilemma that might make a fellow anxious" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"Because the next thing you'll do is melt it down to extract that mystery"

"Because the next thing you'll do is melt it down to extract that mystery" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"The process of abstraction continues"

"The process of abstraction continues" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"You are so frequently seen in the company of these fine persons"

"You are so frequently seen in the company of these fine persons" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"He had flown into a rage and made a tremendous commotion"

"He had flown into a rage and made a tremendous commotion" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"Truly the forkings and wanderings of the Nile are as unknowable as the streets of Cairo"

"Truly the forkings and wanderings of the Nile are as unknowable as the streets of Cairo" - The confusion by Neal Stephenson

"Of course there was much more to it than that"

"Of course there was much more to it than that" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"They did not begin to be human again until the sun went down"

"They did not begin to be human again until the sun went down" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"He drew half a breath of air and half of water"

"He drew half a breath of air and half of water" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"Here was the moment when he would simply disappear"

"Here was the moment when he would simply disappear" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"Her voice sounded quite strange at first"

"Her voice sounded quite strange at first" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"They are there because they look good"

"They are there because they look good" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"I already impose on your hospitality too much"

"I already impose on your hospitality too much" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson

"At last I have rendered you speechless"

"At last I have rendered you speechless" - The Confusion by Neal Stephenson