(..) Kamar-Taj is a place that collects broken things. We all come with the promise of being healed, and instead, the Ancient One gives us parlor tricks. The real magic she keeps for herself. You ever wonder how she managed to live this long? Right. I saw the rituals in (..)

(..) a look at them? Now, Van Coon. Oh! So... So either these two men just happened to visit the same Chinese tattoo parlour, or I'm telling the truth. What do you want? I want every book from Lukis' apartment and Van Coon's. Their books? (..)

(..) Yes, that's very pretty. I heard a story once. I've heard a lot of stories in my time. They went along with the sound of a tinny piano... ...playing in the parlor downstairs. "Mister, I met a man once when I was a kid," they'd always begin. I guess neither one of our stories is very funny. (..)