K.M. Mayville > Quotes

“Maybe by making up his own history, he could make the tragedy of it all make sense. Maybe he could write reason into it.”
― K.M. Mayville, Vertus State

“All good ideas come to people on toilets, I like to think.”
― K.M. Mayville, Black Heart

“Yeah, I tried the whole conform to society thing once, and now I’m living in a mime’s worst nightmare. Lessons were learned.”
― K.M. Mayville, The Glass Cloister

“If he left, he’d be taking two centuries of wasted effort with him. Who would be able to put out the fire of her anger once it was an inferno? No one but him.”
― K.M. Mayville, Vertus State

“I suppose we are indeed a community; a collection of ice revenants, draugr kings, daemonprinces, and dragon lords… in a beautiful concert with one another when we’re not feuding over scraps at the dinner table.
Heroes, eat your hearts out.”
― K.M. Mayville, Jane the Lich

“All dead fathers seem to have been good men.”
― K.M. Mayville, The Glass Cloister

“Jane!” The faux prophetess called out, “I shall have my revenge!”
“There’s a queue, Darling Elli. Mind the numbers being called.”
― K.M. Mayville, Jane the Lich

“Dearheart, trying to read you is like trying to recite Shakespeare off the backside of a galloping horse.”
― K.M. Mayville, Vertus State

“Ginny's martinis were technically perfect, like a meal served out of a box, balanced in taste and strength. Marino's angry martinis were dangerous coz they were mostly vermouth and tasted like a meal crafted out of marital resentment.”
― K.M. Mayville, A Cult of Questionable Motives

“A fat, orange tomcat with chicken soup for brains makes for a great reading buddy but, as a weapon, he's too floppy.”
― K.M. Mayville, A Cult of Questionable Motives

“I trust you won’t make a run for it as long as I’m here.”

Emil laughed. “Is that what they told you when they assigned you as my handler? That I’m docile and friendly? That I’m cooperative and pleasant to be around? That if I wanted you dead, you’d already be dead? That’s a little too much faith put in government employees, if you ask me.”
― K.M. Mayville, The Glass Cloister

“A man who recognizes his place is to be rewarded."
"And a woman who spurns hers is to be feared.”
― K.M. Mayville, A Cult of Questionable Motives

“Maybe peace is just moments… Maybe peace is just a second or an eon or a decade or a day. War is… the same, I think.”
― K.M. Mayville, Vertus State

“If the gods are so intent on having some random yokel do their dirty work for them, the least they can do is leave behind more than the vague notion of Save the world at all costs, Joe. Because Joe is going to fuck it up. Joes always do.”
― K.M. Mayville, Jane the Lich

“You make war a jest... and send our son as its punchline.”
― K.M. Mayville, Vertus State

“I wasn't used to seeing a lone wolf. I could've sword the FBI sent them out in identical pairs. This one even have that generic look about him, like God had rolled a lot of him off a belt thirty years ago, got 'em to quality control, gave 'em one good once over and said, 'Eh, good enough for government work.”
― K.M. Mayville, A Cult of Questionable Motives

“Sorry, D'on didn't mention a dress code. Is a duster too revealing?”
― K.M. Mayville, A Cult of Questionable Motives

“It wasn’t often they surprised each other, but when it happened, it sent a little thrill of passion through her. Two-thousand years and he still managed to be the best thing to have ever happened to her. He simply asked for her best in return.”
― K.M. Mayville, Vertus State

“The real world is a lot less scary when it makes sense.”
― K.M. Mayville, A Cult of Questionable Motives