Men are said to desire women, Severian. Why do they despise the women they obtain?

“Seeing him brought in, has, I think, saved me from losing my mind; for that I d…”

“All novels are fantasies. Some are more honest about it.”

“The necropolis has never seemed a city of death to me; I know its purple roses …”

“You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel tha…”