Sophie's hard first question to the cards had not, precisely, gone without an answer, it had been transmuted into questions about the question. It had branched and rooted like a tree, growing questions like buds, and then at some moment all the questions had become one question: what tree is this?


Bk. 3, Ch. 4 - Little, Big: or, The Fairies' Parliament (1981)

John Crowley Quotes

Sophie's hard first question to the cards had not, precisely, gone without an answer, it had been transmuted into questions about the question. It...

Sophie's hard first question to the cards had not, precisely, gone without an answer, it had been transmuted into questions about the question. It...

Sophie's hard first question to the cards had not, precisely, gone without an answer, it had been transmuted into questions about the question. It...

Sophie's hard first question to the cards had not, precisely, gone without an answer, it had been transmuted into questions about the question. It...