"The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America" Quotes
"The Devil in the White City" intertwines the stories of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair architect Daniel H. Burnham and the serial killer H.H. Holmes who used the fair to lure his victims.
nonfiction | 447 pages | Published in 2003
Quotes
It was so easy to disappear, so easy to deny knowledge, so very easy in the smoke and dim of the great fair.
Beneath the stars the lake lay dark and black, a magic mirror of the night.
He possessed a charm that was at once suave and utterly masculine.
His charm was a weapon, his smile a shield.
Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood.
The fair was a dream city born from an impossible demand.
The world’s Columbian Exposition was a beacon of hope.
They had built a dream, and the dream had died.
The city became a place of wonder and a place of danger.
He found something in their eyes that made him feel like a god.
