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1 " But this—this is always the same task over and over, to explore cryptozoology of a crude sort. All that changes is the type of animal, and the only challenge is whether the jaws on a crocodile can reasonably be expected to fit onto a bear. For example. "
― Jeff VanderMeer , A Peculiar Peril (The Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead, #1)
2 " As for chaos,” Mamoud said, “chaos is not what is happening around you, but how you conduct yourself around … chaos.” The earth erupted in explosion and flames not forty feet from the turret. Mamoud didn’t flinch, but Jonathan definitely did. Even Lady Insult put her spyglass down. The tower shuddered from the footfall of the elephants. There was a sour smell like sulfur. "
3 " Birds weren’t supposed to levitate or have four mouths or twenty pairs of wings or twelve sets of legs and undulate like a dragon. But, what could you do? "
4 " You’re going to have to get much smarter very quickly. "
5 " precision in gardens was too much like turning a wolf on the prowl into a pug with an embroidered ruffle for a collar. She much preferred the wolf. "
6 " There came another explosion, and Jonathan flinched, but Mamoud moved not at all, and somehow his calm steadied Jonathan. He had the demeanor of a doctor or a civil servant, in a useful way. "
7 " Chapter Thirteen GARBAGE IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY (HOLD THE GOAT) "
8 " A voice came to him as if from a dark, empty well lined with moss. A voice saying his name, telling him to answer a question. "
9 " Jonathan shuddered. There were birds in his head now, as if escaping from the empty feeders above their heads. Ghost birds. Fluttering around inside his skull, and he could not get them out. Yet still he went on, wanting to burst through the nettle and tall trees, find a copse and feel the sunlight on his face. It was getting colder and colder in the haunted mansion. "
10 " Oh, now you need me, you bollocky clumsy bat. You horrifying blood-recycling fiend. "
11 " I have come to have a great affection for monsters... "
