loc 110
Your parents are weirdos, in the best possible way. They do not celebrate birthdays; never in your life have you received a present on the tenth of December. are given books on the days that their authors were born.
loc 552
loc 552
Penumbra pauses, considering. Then he says: “Marcus … if this store were not open to the public, I would not be here now.”
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loc 708
“Mr. Al-Asmari called it that. ‘The willingness to entertain absurd ideas.’ ” Corvina snorts. “I don’t entertain ideas,” he says. “I work for them.”
loc 850
loc 850
Climbers in cloaks on a steep rocky trail, arms outstretched, clasping hands. Climbers pulling each other along.