# The Skies Discrowned

- Author: [Tim Powers](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-powers.md)
- Quotes: 4
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/tim-powers/the-skies-discrowned

## Quotes

> Art, like a lot of things, is a lost art.

p. 103

> When the story was finished, Orcrist shook his head wonderingly.
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> “The Fates must have something planned for you, Frank.”
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> “I hope it’s something quiet.”

p. 91

> “This fruit syrup stuff is no good for smoking; it’s only fit for impressing ignorant girls.”
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> Tyler shrugged, as if to say that that was reason enough to smoke it right there.

p. 66

> What would Dad say, Frank wondered briefly, if he knew I was making a living as an art forger? He’d understand. As he once told me, while squinting against the hideous sunlight of a cold morning, “Frankie, if it was easy they'd have got somebody else to do it.”

p. 49