How we cite our quotes: (Story.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
[…] and eldritch shapes gibbered and beckoned obscenely; four-sided triangles and double-ended circles existed momentarily before merging again into the booming, screaming tower of runaway raw magic […]. (4.16.40)
Here we see the novel's obsession with language and the amazing. Sure these things might not seem awe-inspiring at first read, but consider the fact that they are entirely impossible. Yet in a way, language allows them to exist all the same. That's pretty amazing.