"Conway was, or should have been, great. You and I have both known him, and I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say it's an experience we shan't ever forget. Even when he and I met in the middle of China, with his mind a blank and his past a mystery, there was still that queer core of attractiveness about him."

-Prologue, pg. 14

"The surrounding sky had cleared completely, and in the light of late afternoon there came to him a vision which, for the instant, snatched the remaining breath out of his lungs. Far away, at the very limit of distance, lay range upon range of snow peaks, festooned with glaciers and floating upon vast levels of cloud."

-Chapter 1, pg. 37

"'We didn't ask to be brought here,' Mallinson persisted. 'Heaven knows what we shall do when we get there, wherever there is.'"

-Chapter 2, pg. 41

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