Matthew Mercy > Quotes

“The last few months had been hard on spoiled Princes. Mamij would have said he had a few more things to complain about than his brother Ika, all things considered. The loss of his head, for instance, had been a pretty big inconvenience.”
― Matthew Mercy, The Isle of Dreams: The Chronicles of Habian the Historian: Volume I

“It was just a fact, of which he taught many. Fact: a giant octopus named Myriat slept at the center of the world. Fact: Nartavians were descended directly from Holy Moley, the first living creature to step out of the waters of life. Fact: Ensilat had been twenty-first King of Nartavia – making Ika Dorn the twenty-second.”
― Matthew Mercy, The Isle of Dreams: The Chronicles of Habian the Historian: Volume I