"He didn't want to know who we were"

"He didn't want to know who we were" - Midnight in Dostoevsky by Don DeLillo

"Could a god, once created, become impossible to destroy?"

"Could a god, once created, become impossible to destroy?" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"Keep your secret. Secrets are for children, and spies"

"Keep your secret. Secrets are for children, and spies" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"And for sorcerers. And for lovers too. And kings"

"And for sorcerers. And for lovers too. And kings" - The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

"For several years there was no communication between us at all"

"For several years there was no communication between us at all" - Old Wounds by Edna O'Brien